0458 Ronnie Ross Keith Christie [Smiling Jack] FLAC 3(17.57)

Contributed by bluebird who got it from an anonymous donor

Keith Christie - trombone
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Unknown - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums

01 Smiling Jack (Ross) (5:18)
02 Lady Day (Ross) (6:19)
03 Shoft (Cohn) (6:20)

Label: BBC radio broadcast
Recorded: 1970-1989
Lineage: Unknown
Scans: Front and back covers

0418 Harry South [North Of The Soho Border] FLAC 23(55.58)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Almost an hour of Harry South's Big Band in a BBC Jazz Club broadcast from 8 November 1965.  Some big names here, including Tubby Hayes and a few vocals from Georgie Fame. What a pity that there were so few commercial recordings of this band although the personnel fluctuated over it's life depending upon availability of the musicians.
This was ripped from a cassette given to me by a musician friend. There is some sound disturbance for the first minute or so. Otherwise the home taping sound is reasonable for the period. Not sure what the original sound format was (my CDR shows up as CDDA) but it appears here as FLAC with a 'cover picture' and full details.

Harry South - leader
Greg Bowen - trumpet
Les Condon - trumpet
Bert Ezzard - trumpet
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Ian Carr - trumpet, flugelhorn
Keith Christie - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Johnny Marshall - trombone
Ken Wray - valve trombone
Alan Branscombe - alto, flute
Roy Willox - alto, flute
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Tubby Hayes - tenor, flute
Joe Temperley - baritone
Gordon Back - piano
Phil Bates - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Georgie Fame - vocals (15, 17, 19)
Humphrey Lyttelton - announcer

01 There And Back (South) (incomplete) (2:56)
02 Announcement (0:53)
03 Save Your Love For Me (Pettiford) (3:23)
04 Announcement (1:15)
05 Costa Fortuna (South) (2:55)
06 Announcement (0:50)
07 Afterthought (South) (2:49)
08 Announcement (0:52)
09 Six To One Bar (South) (6:03)
10 Announcement (0:34)
11 Lush Life (Strayhorn) (3:37)
12 Announcement (0:19)
13 North Of The Soho Border (South) (5:12)
14 Announcement (0:41)
15 Down For The Count (Foster, Hendricks) (2:58)
16 Announcement (0:48)
17 Lil' Darlin' (Hefti, Hendricks) (5:26)
18 Announcement (1:00)
19 Little Pony (Hefti, Hendricks) (2:40)
20 Announcement (1:20)
21 Raga (South) (4:09)
22 Announcement (0:26)
23 Last Orders (South) (incomplete) (4:54)

Label: BBC Jazz Club - radio broadcast
Recorded: November 08 1965
Lineage: AM>Tape>CDR>FLAC

0335 Ian and Keith Christie [Christie Brothers Stompers] FLAC 23(1.08.13)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
A comprehensive selection of the recordings made by Ian and Keith Christie playing as the Christie Brothers Stompers in 1951/52 and taken from 78s, acetate discs and one ep.
FLAC with OOP cd digipak and leaflet scans.

Ken Colyer - cornet
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Ian Christie - clarinet
Pat Hawes - piano
Charlie Smith - piano
Ben Marshall - banjo
Nevil Skrimshire - guitar
Micky Ashman - bass
Denny Coffee - bass
George Hopkinson - drums
Bernard Saward - drums
Pete Appleby - drums
Bill Colyer - washboard
Neva Rapheaello - vocals

01 Creole Song (Ory) (3:10)
02 Heebie Jeebies (Atkins) (2:42)
03 Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet (Weinrich, Murphy) (3:26)
04 Heebie Jeebies (Atkins) (3:04)
05 Creole Song (Ory) (2:39)
06 Black Cat (Colyer) (2:59)
07 Salutation March (Colyer) (3:06)
08 Hiawatha Rag (Moret) (3:02)
09 Bogalusa Moan (Colyer) (2:25)
10 Willie the Weeper (Colyer) (2:08)
11 Creole Love Call (Ellington, Strayhorn) (3:14)
12 Young Woman Blues (Smith) (2:33)
13 Hiawatha Rag (Moret) (3:27)
14 Down in the Jungle (Morse, Madden) (3:01)
15 You Always Hurt the One You Love (Fisher, Roberts) (2:50)
16 I'm So Glad (3:12)
17 Farewell to Storyville (Williams) (2:50)
18 Old Fashioned Love (Johnson. Mack) (3:23)
19 Fly Cat Boogie (Hawes) (3:07)
20 All of Me (Simons. Marks) (2:38)
21 East End Blues (2:52)
22 Them There Eyes (Pinkard. Tauber, Tracey) (3:18)
23 'S Wonderful (Gershwin) (3:08)

Label: Cadillac SGC/MEL CD 20/1
Recorded: 1951 1952
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0244 Tommy Whittle Keith Christie [Lullaby & Rhythm] FLAC 4(20.49)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Sadly, most of the material on the original Esquire label issued in the 1950s usually only appears now on well worn and badly treated lps and eps and it is difficult, if not impossible, to restore them to anything like their original sound.
But I'm delighted to say that this is an exception and the sound is as close to the original as one could hope for. It is ripped from my CDR which, in turn, was ripped from a very good copy of the original 4 track 10" lp (but not by me). It required little work to be done - just some very light click removal in places and tidying up between tracks. There is a tiny drop out/fade at around 1m 18s on track 1 which was on the CDR
The music is first class and a rare opportunity to hear Keith Christie at length in a modern setting with his co-leader, Tommy Whittle. A fine rhythm section with Derek Smith on piano adds to the pleasure and it doesn't get any better than this. Listen out for the 'Peanut Vendor' riff played by Christie in the out chorus of 'Broadway'.
FLAC from CDR/LP with track details and very small and not very good sleeve pictures - any improvements on these anyone?

Keith Christie - trombone, valve trombone
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Derek Smith - piano
Arthur Watts - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums

01 Lullaby In Rhythm (Goodman, Hirsch, Profit, Sampson) (5:16)
02 Lullaby Of The Leaves (Petkere, Young) (4:58)
03 Lullaby Of Birdland (Shearing) (6:06)
04 Lullaby Of Broadway (Dubin, Warren) (4:29)

Label: Esquire 20-068
Recorded: July 06 1956
Lineage: LP>CDR>FLAC

0118 The Christie Brothers [Together Again] FLAC 4(13.22)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
The re-formed Stompers five years after they disbanded at the end of 1953.
Keith joined the 'modernists' after the Stompers broke up and played with all the greats in the UK but here he is back to his roots with his brother Ian.
John Lewis' composition, 'The Golden Striker', is an interesting choice although I believe that Chris Barber also recorded it.

Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Ian Christie - clarinet
Ronnie Duff - piano
Nevil Shrimshire - guitar
Alan Duddington - bass
Pete Appleby - drums

01 The Golden Striker
02 One Hour
03 The Glory of Love
04 Five Years Later

Label: Parlophone ep GEP 8719
Recorded: August 18 1958
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0081 Keith Christie [Homage to the Duke] FLAC 8(25.34)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Trombonist Keith Christie started his jazz career as a traditional jazz musician and formed the Christie Brothers Stompers with his brother, clarinettist, Ian.
He played for many years with the Humphrey Lyttleton Band and even longer with the Ted Heath Band and later with the Dankworth Band.  He played with the modernists from the early sixties but seemed happy playing in either camp.
There were only two recording dates in which he appeared as leader and playing in the 'modern' idiom. This is one of them from 1955 and which first appeared on an Esquire 10" lp.
All the tunes were Ellington compositions and were enhanced by the presence of John Dankworth on alto.
Christie died in 1980 after a long battle with alcoholism and aged just 49.
Ripped in FLAC from re-issue 12" Esquire lp from 1987 with original 10" lp cover picture and scans of front and back sleeve from re-issue 12" lp.

Keith Christie - trombone
John Dankworth - alto, piano (04)
Bill Sutcliffe - bass
Allan Ganley - drums

01 Sultry Serenade (Ellington, Glenn) (3:20)
02 Baby Please Stop (Ellington, Gordon) (3:07)
03 Cottontail (Ellington) (4:02)
04 Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore) (Ellington) (2:27)
05 Main Stem (Ellington) (2:57)
06 I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (Ellington, Webster) (2:38)
07 Drop Me Off in Harlem (Ellington, Kenny) (3:55)
08 It Don't Mean a Thing (Ellington, Mills) (3:07)

Label: Esquire 20-047
Recorded: London July 26 1955
Lineage: LP>FLAC

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