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Showing posts with label Jimmy Skidmore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jimmy Skidmore. Show all posts

Friday, October 31, 2014

0449 Jimmy Skidmore [Skid Marks] FLAC 8(40.03)

Willie Garnett - alto, tenor
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Alan Branscombe - piano
Peter Chapman - bass
Bill Eyden - drums

01 Skid Row (Skidmore) (5:12)
02 Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Van Heusen) (6:58)
03 This Can't Be Love (Rodgers, Hart) (4:48)
04 Body And Soul (Green, Eyton) (3:40)
05 Good Queen Bess (Hodges) (4:24)
06 Beneath The Sun (Ross) (5:05)
07 I Fall In Love Too Easily (Cahn, Styne) (4:52)
08 Out Of Nowhere (Green, Heyman) (4:08)

Label: Silverline DJSL026
Recorded: 1972 London
Lineage: LP>FLAC

Sunday, February 27, 2011

0142 Jimmy Skidmore and Bertie King [Mainstream at Nixa Volume Two] FLAC 6(26.03)

















Contributed by Brufan

Leslie Jiver Hutchinson - trumpet
Kenny Baker - trumpet
George Chisholm - trombone
Bertie King - alto
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Kenny Graham - tenor
Cliff Townsend - baritone
Max Harris - piano
Derek Smith - piano
Cedric West - guitar
Major Holley - bass
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
02 You Took Advantage Of Me
03 Coquette
04 Blue Interlude
05 Skip It
06 Lazy Afternoon

Label: Nixa NJT 506
Recorded: September 20 October 12 1956
Lineage: LP>FLAC

Monday, August 02, 2010

0077 Various [Tenorama] FLAC 8(38.41)

















Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
This is a showcase for four very different tenor saxophonists recorded in May 1956 - Don Rendell, Jimmy Skidmore, Kenny Graham and newcomer Roy Sidwell. Each plays 2 tunes with different rhythm sections. For lovers of jazz trivia, Stan Tracey plays Israeli bongos on the Kenny Graham tracks. Yes, really.

(01 02)
Kenny Graham - tenor
Jack Ellory - flute
Major Holley - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Stan Tracey - bongoes
Gilbert Webster - maraccas
(03 04)
Don Rendell - tenor
Damian Robinson - piano
Pete Elderfield - bass
Don Lawson - drums
(05 06)
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Derek Smith - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(07 08)
Roy Sidwell - tenor
Derek Smith - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Poinciana
02 Teddy Boy
03 Curio
04 Don't You Know I Care
05 Just You Just Me
06 Blue Major
07 What a Difference a Day Made
08 Roy Leaps Out

Label: Nixa NJL4
Recorded: March 22 (03 04) May 22 (07 08) 23 (05 06) 25 (01 02) 1956
Lineage: LP>FLAC

Thursday, July 01, 2010

0066 Various [Music in the Making] FLAC 9(51.31)


Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is the result of a one day recording session for the Vogue record label on 12 January 1954.
Twelve musicians assembled and played in various combinations with strong contributions from the likes of Don Rendell, Jimmy Deuchar, Jo Hunter, Keith Christie and others with assorted rhythm sections.

(01)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Don Rendell - tenor
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Ralph Dollimore - piano
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
(02)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Don Rendell - tenor
Ralph Dollimore - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(03)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Ralph Dollimore - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(04)
Don Rendell - tenor
Ronnie Ross - tenor
Derek Smith - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(05)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Don Rendell - tenor
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Derek Smith - piano
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(06)
Don Rendell - tenor
Dill Jones - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(07)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Don Rendell - tenor
Dill Jones - piano
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
(08)
Keith Christie - trombone
Don Rendell - tenor
Derek Smith - piano
Sammy Stokes  - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(09)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Don Rendell - tenor
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Dill Jones - piano
Sammy Stokes  - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Icefall (Dollimore) (7:22)
02 Mountain Sunset (Chevalier) (5:51)
03 Where Or When (Rodgers, Hart) (6:09)
04 Best Keller (Rendell) (3:27)
05 Straw Thatch (Dollimore) (6:59)
06 I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You (Crosby) (7:22)
07 Coraline (Boland) (5:14)
08 I'm Beginning To See The Light (Ellington, George, Hodges, James) (5:29)
09 Presque Cubain (Boland) (3:38)

Label: Jasmine 619 Vogue 10" LP LDE 051 and two Eps - EPV 1009 and 1034
Recorded: January 12 1954
Lineage: CD>FLAC