0546 Various Artists [The BBC Presents British Jazz Vol 1 (1924-1941)] FLAC 14(41.14)

Contributed by Dave_Bruce

Vol 2 tomorrow

(01)
The Savoy Orpheans:
Debroy Somers - director
Vernon Ferry - trumpet
Walter Lyme - trumpet
George Chaffin - trombone
Fred Underhaye - brass bass
Ray Starita - alto, clarinet
Herb Finney - alto, clarinet
Al Starita - tenor, clarinet
Carroll Gibbons - piano
Billy Thorburn - piano
Pete Mandell - banjo
Alec Cripps - drums
Sidney Kyte - violin
(02)
Fred Elizalde and his Varsity Band:
Fred Elizalde - leader, piano
G Hildyard - trumpet
R Battle - trumpet
R Williams - brass bass
Manuel Lizz Elizalde - alto, clarinet
J Donaldson - alto, clarinet
Maurice Allom - tenor
H Wyllie - baritone
George Monkhouse - guitar, banjo
J Saunders - drums
(03)
The Rhythmic Eight:
Bert Firman - director
Frank Guarante - trumpet
Max Goldberg - trumpet
Perley Breed - alto, baritone, clarinet
Bill Barton - tenor
John Firman - piano
Joe Brannelly - guitar, banjo
Billy Bell - brass bass
Max Bacon - crs
(04)
Fred Spinelli and his Lido Venice Band:
Fred Spinelli - leader, drums
Stan Goslin - trumpet
Tom Marshall - trombone
George Shannon - tuba
Charlie Spinelli - alto 
Fred Aspinall - piano
Jack Stevens - banjo
George Hurley - violin
(05)
Fred Elizalde and his Hot Music:
Fred Elizalde - leader, piano
Chelsea Quealey - trumpet
Adrian Rollini - bass saxophone
Bobby Davis - clarinet 
Len Fillis - guitar
Ronnie Gubertini - drums
(06)
The Rhythm Maniacs: (probable personnel)
Sylvester Ahola - trumpet
Norman Payne - trumpet
Unknown - trombone
Unknown - brass bass
Adrian Rollini - bass saxophone
Danny Polo - clarinet
Unknown - clarinet
Claude Ivy - piano
Unknown - drums
(07)
Spike Hughes and his Orchestra:
Spike Hughes - leader, bass
Norman Payne - trumpet
Jock Fleming - trombone
Harry Hines - alto, clarinet
Philip Buchel - alto
Buddy Featherstonhaugh - tenor
Eddie Carroll - piano
Alan Ferguson - guitar 
Bill Harty - drums
Stan Andrews - violin
Ben Frankel - violin
George Hurley - violin
(08)
Madame Tussaud's Dance Orchestra:
Stanley Barnett - leader, tenor
Billy Farrell - trumpet
Abe Walters - trombone
Harry Constable - alto, clarinet
Laurie Bookin - alto
Jack Dent - piano
Albert Harris - guitar
Al Foreman - bass
Claude Dawson - drums
(09)
Ray Noble and his orchestra:
Ray Noble - leader
Max Goldberg - trumpet
Nat Gonella - trumpet
Bill Shakespeare - trumpet
Lew Davis - trombone
Laurie Payne - reeds
E 0 Poggy Pogson - reeds
Freddy Gardner - reeds
Harry Berly (?) - tenor
Harry Jacobson - piano or
Eddie Carroll - piano or
Cecil Norman - piano
Al Bowlly - guitar
Tiny Winters - bass
Bill Harty - drums
Eric Siday - violin (probable)
Jean Pougnet - violin (probable)
Reg Pursglove - violin (probable)
(10)
Nat Gonella and his Georgians:
Nat Gonella - leader, trumpet, vocals
Bruts Gonella - trumpet
Johnny Morrison - trumpet
Albert Torrance - reeds
Ernest Ritte - reeds
Pat Smuts - reeds
Don Barrigo - reeds
Harold Hood - piano
Jimmy Mesene - guitar
Tiny Winters - bass
Bob Dryden - drums
(11)
Freddy Gardner - leader, alto, baritone, clarinet
Arthur Young -piano
Albert Harris - guitar
Dick Ball - bass
Max Bacon - drums
(12)
Benny Carter and his orchestra;
Benny Carter - leader, trumpet, alto, clarinet
Max Goldberg - trumpet
Tommy McQuater - trumpet
Duncan Whyte - trumpet
Ted Heath - trombone
Bill Mulraney - trombone
E 0 Poggy Pogson - alto
Andy McDevitt - alto, clarinet
Buddy Featherstonhaugh - tenor
Pat Dodd - piano
George Elliott - guitar
Al Burke - bass
Ronnie Gubertini - drums
(13)
George Chisholm's Jive Five:
George Chisholm - leader, trombone
Tommy McQuater - trumpet
Benny Winestone - clarinet
Eddie Macaulay - piano
Alan Ferguson - guitar
Tiny Winters - bass
Dudley Barber - drums
(14)
Harry Parry's Radio Rhythm Club Sextet:
Harry Parry - clarinet
Roy Marsh - vibes
George Shearing - piano
Frank Deniz - guitar
Stan Molyneux - bass
Ben Edwards - drums

01 The Savoy Orpheans - Eccentric (3:10)
02 Fred Elizade and his Vanity Band - Hurricane (3:00)
03 The Rhythmic Eight - Corn Fed (2:42)
04 Fred Spinelli and his Lido Venice Band - Baltimore (2:58)
05 Fred Elizade and his Hot Music - Dixie (3:15)
06 The Rhythm Maniacs - That's a-Plenty (3:00)
07 Spike Hughes and his orchestra - Kalua (3:06)
08 Madame Tussaud's Dance Orchestra - Rocking in Rhythm (2:26)
09 Ray Noble and his orchestra - Tiger Rag (3:10)
10 Nat Gonella and his Georgians - Lazy River (2:58)
11 Freddy Gardner - China Boy (2:55)
12 Benny Carter and his orchestra - These foolish things (3:02)
13 George Chisholm's Jive Five - Penalty £5 (2:51)
14 Harry Parry's Radio Rhythm Club Sextet - Honeysuckle Rose (2:35)

Label: BBC Records
Recorded: May 1924 (01) May (02) October (04) November (03) 1927 January 1928 (05) October 1929 (06) June 27 1930 (07) June 22 (08) October 04 (09) 1933 July 24 (10) December 16 (11) 1935 April 15 1936 (12) November 10 1938 (13) July 19 1941 (14)
Lineage: LP>FLAC (24/48)
Scans: Front rear cover

0370 Nat Gonella [You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby] FLAC 22(1.07.09)

Nat Gonella - trumpet, vocal
(Other personnel could not be established)

01 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (Warren) (3:00)
02 Tiger Rag (Edwards, Costa, Ragas, Shields, LaRocca, Sbarbaro) (2:46)
03 The Japanese Sandman (Egan, Whiting) (3:12)
04 Blue Turning Grey Over You (Razaf, Waller) (3:11)
05 The Toy Trumpet (Scott) (3:08)
06 Shoo-Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy (Wood, Gallop) (3:09)
07 Ma-Ma (3:06)
08 Flat Foot Foogie (Green, Stewart, Slim Gaillard) (3:10)
09 Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn (Hayes, Mills, Washington) (2:43)
10 Wabash Blues (Ringle, Meinken) (3:06)
11 One Meat Ball (Zaret, Singer) (3:18)
12 In The Mood (Miller) (2:42)
13 Thanks For The Boogie Ride (Ram, Mitchell) (2:47)
14 Tuxedo Junction (Feyne, Hawkins, Dash, Johnson) (3:14)
15 When You're Smiling (Goodwin, Shay, Fisher) (2:58)
16 E Flat Blues (3:08)
17 Mahogany Hall Blues Stomp (2:51)
18 Jeepers Creepers (Warren, Mercer) (2:56)
19 I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) (Williams) (3:01)
20 At The Woodchoppers' Ball (Herman) (3:04)
21 Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael, Gorrell) (3:32)
22 Bye Bye Blues (Hamm, Bennett, Lown, Gray) (3:06)

Contributed by Dave_Bruce, who writes:-
First off, the CD is wrongly labelled - the recordings presented are not by The New Georgians but mainly by an earlier and much better group, the Georgians (see below). The Georgians lasted from 1935 until the band got stranded on tour in Holland on the outbreak of war.
Though the group had started off as one of those bands-within-a-band, in this case Lew Stone's justly famous Monseigneur Band, Gonella left Stone in 1935 to lead it as an independent unit. It consisted of Nat Gonella, trumpet, vocals; Pat Smuts, tenor; Harold 'Babe' Hood, piano; Jimmy Messini, guitar, vocals; Charlie Winter, bass; Bob Dryden, drums. The repertoire was always a mix of jazz and variety and the personnel was stable except that substitutes were sometimes used for recordings, of which they made dozens. It seems that band members played a great deal better than they behaved.
Different sources list different personnel but the above list is taken from Ron Brown's imaginatively titled (and seemingly written by committee) biography, "Nat Gonella, A Life in Jazz". For anyone with any interest in the swing music of the period, it's informative, funny and well worth tracking down.
The review below makes fair comment and adds useful detail but it's better by far to have these recordings than nothing by the greatly talented Nat Gonella.

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Amazon Review - 3 out of 5 stars
A GOOD COMPILATION, BUT LACKING IN DETAIL, 30 Oct 2007
By Barry McCanna (Normandy, France)
Yet another Pegasus reissue spoilt by inadequate information (and what little has been supplied is inaccurate). Here are 22 tracks labelled as by Nat Gonella & the New Georgians which designation Nat did not adopt until 1940 whereas the bulk of these recordings predate that change, when his group was known as his Georgians.
And two of the tracks (1. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby and 18. Jeepers Creepers) were recorded in New York in January 1939 with John Kirby's Orchestra!
That said, this is a good compilation and worth considering for purchase if the selection appeals but there are other compilations available which to my mind represent better value for money.

0253 Nat Gonella [The Nat Gonella Story] FLAC 14(44.55)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
A 1961 recording which has Nat Gonella reminiscing about his earlier musical life and playing with a surprisingly modernist group.
Whilst this may not be everyone's cup of tea it is extremely enjoyable with the likes of Tony Coe (who also plays uncredited clarinet), Stan Tracey, Jimmy Skidmore etc in the ranks. Stan even plays vibes on some tracks (his 'other' instrument at that time). Don't be put off by the choice of tunes. Everything goes with a swing - with guess who on drums and some superior arrangements by none other than Kenny Graham. A little of Nat's singing goes a long way though.
FLAC with lp cover scans

(01 03 06 11 12)
Nat Gonella - trumpet, vocals
Stan Roderick - trumpet
Jock Bain - trombone
Tony Coe - alto, clarinet
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Joe Temperley - baritone
Stan Tracey - vibes, piano
Ernie Shear - guitar
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(02 05 07 08 10)
Nat Gonella - trumpet, vocals
Tony Coe - alto, clarinet
Harry Smith - piano
Roy Plummer - guitar
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(04 09 13 14)
Nat Gonella - trumpet, vocals
Don Lusher - trombone
Wally Smith - trombone
Ken Goldie - trombone
Tony Coe - alto, clarinet
Joe Temperley - baritone
Stan Tracey - vibes, piano
Roy Plummer - guitar
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Georgia on My Mind (Carmichael) (1:09)
02 Wildman Blues (Morton, Armstrong) (2:58)
03 Bessie Couldn't Help It (Warner, Richmond, Bayha) (3:18)
04 Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today) (Porter) (2:33)
05 Them There Eyes (Pinkard, Tracey, Tauber) (3:30)
06 Oh Mo'nah (Weems, Washburn) (3:22)
07 Nagasaki (Warren, Dixon) (2:18)
08 Honeysuckle Rose (Waller, Razaf) (4:17)
09 Just a Kid Named Joe (Livingston, David) (3:12)
10 Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller, Razaf, Brooks) (5:14)
11 Stompin' at the Savoy (Goodman, Sampson, Webb) (3:29)
12 It's a Pair of Wings for Me (Gonella, Hood) (3:23)
13 Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington, Russell) (3:16)
14 Five Minutes More (Styne, Cahn)

Label: EMI  NTS 146
Recorded: February 01 06 07 1961
Lineage: 12" LP>FLAC