Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is a rather odd sort of record.
One the one hand there is a swinging big band with some fine Shake Keane solos but on the other hand there is a consort of viols and a recorder consort accompanying Elaine Delmar (who sings on 5 tracks) and sometimes popping up with the big band.
Don't dismiss this because of the unusual orchestrations though, because there is some fine music. Unfortunately, Elaine's vocals are spoiled in many places because of the excessive sibilance which is a result of bad microphone placement in the original recordings. Despite our best efforts we are unable to remove this without destroying the music so, in the main, it has been left alone.
(01 03 05 07 09 11)
Ken Jones - leader, piano, arranger
Dennis Nesbitt - conductor
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Bert Ezard - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Bert Courtley - trumpet
Shake Keane - trumpet, flugelhorn
Jackie Armstrong - bass trombone
Roy Willox - alto, flute
Derek Grossmith - tenor, flute
Manny Winter - baritone, flute
Roy Davey - vibes, miscellaneous
Spike Heatley - bass
Barry Morgan - drums
Jack Peach - percussion
Elizabethan Consorts of Viols (01)
(02 04 06 08 10)
Ken Jones - harpsichord
Arthur Watts - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
Alan Hakin - percussion
Elaine Delmar - vocal
Elizabethan Consorts of Viols (out 04)
Geoffrey Emmott's Recorder Consort (out 02 06)
01 Overture - Strike Up The Bard (Salzedo, Lindup) (6:44)
02 St. Valentine's Blues (Salzedo) (3:13)
03 Shake On A Barre (Mack) (3:45)
04 Live With Me And Be My Love (Premru) (3:33)
05 In A Stratford Garden (Hawksworth) (1:38)
06 Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (Young) (3:05)
07 Nine For Bacon (Mayer) (2:27)
08 Fye On Sinful Fantasy (Lindup) (2:17)
09 Oxford Blue (Jones) (3:04)
10 Shall I Compare Thee (Brown) (2:25)
11 Puck (Tracey) (3:00)
Label: ATCO 33-171
Recorded: April 1964
Lineage: LP>FLAC
