0573 Sandy Brown [BBC Jazz Club - 54] FLAC 5(14.49)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
This is a 30 minute broadcast from the BBC Jazz Club - No. 54  and is side 2 of 2 of a session by Sandy Brown and his Band.
It dates from 1956 (these discs were  licensed for a period of 4 years and the expiry date shown on the disc label is 8.9.60) but there are no other written details.
The information listed in the post comes from the announcements by David Jacobs.

Al Fairweather - trumpet
Jeremy French (?) - trombone
Red Price - tenor
Sandy Brown - clarinet
Ian Armit - piano
Diz Disley (?) - guitar
Brian Parker (?) - bass
Graham Burbidge - drums

01 Nuages
02 Swinging The Blues
03 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
04 Wild Life
05 Theme - Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Label: BBC Transcription Disc
Recorded: c. 1956
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear covers by jazzandylan

0507 Sandy Brown John Mortimer [Dr McJazz] FLAC 23(1.02.07)

Contributed by bluebird

Collective personnel:
Al Fairweather - trumpet
Colin Smith - trumpet
Colin Purbrook - trumpet, piano, tambourine
Tony Milliner - bass trumpet, trombone
John Mortimer - trombone
Danny Moss - tenor
Sandy Brown - clarinet, piano, vocal
Brian Lemon - piano
Brian Prudence - bass
Jack Fallon - bass
Stan Greig - drums
Denny Hutchinson - drums
Benny Goodman - drums
Lennie Hastings  -drums
Bill Bramwell - guitar, gong
Belle Gonzalez - vocal

01 Harlem Fats
02 Wee Jimmy
02 Bimbo
04 Blues A
05 Monday
06 The Behemoth
07 Al's Tune
08 Monsoon
09 Real Sweet
10 Glories In The Evening
11 Doctor McJazz
12 Own Up
13 The Clan
14 Portrait Of Willie Best
15 Oh, Dong Bang That Gong
16 Belle's Farewell
17 Two Blue
18 Yaknik
19 Dinah
20 Wind Of Change
21 Blues March
22 Bula Bula
23 Anything You Want

Label: Lake LACD211
Recorded: July 06 1960-December 1962
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full

0140 Various [Blackstick] FLAC 10(40.52)

Contributed by Rodney and delmonico. Rodney writes:-
Simon Spillett mentioned this album on August 24 last year (see Vic Ash [Session for Four] - 0084); `Why not try and dig out his rare tracks Blue 'n Boogie and High Priest from the Nixa "Blackstick" album. Even Vic hasn't got them!`
So here is the album - Pye issue. A good balance of styles and variety to portray comprehensively one of the archetypal instruments of jazz. Strong playing from all participants and some very big names in there. All the clarinettists acquit themselves well, including Vic of course. I particularly noticed the tunes by the Tony Coe group but that may have been due to a style preference rather than the performances. I can't say I'd ever heard of Maurice Biella before and when I Googled the name just now I got five hits, all about bikes! Nothing in Tom Lord's "The Jazz Discography" either.

(01 09 12)
John Picard - trombone
Tony Coe - clarinet
Ian Armit - piano
Brian Brocklehurst - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums
(02 11)
Al Fairweather - trumpet
Sandy Brown - clarinet
Bill Bramwell - guitar
Arthur Watts- - bass
(03 07)
Archie Semple - clarinet
Fred Hunt - piano
Chris Staunton - bass
Johnny Richardson - drums
(04)
Dick Heckstall-Smith - soprano
Bruce Turner - clarinet
Harry Smith - piano
Brian Brocklehurst - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums
(05)
Sandy Brown - clarinet
Bill Bramwell - guitar
Arthur Watts- - bass
(06 08)
Vic Ash - clarinet
Maurice Biella - vibes
Stan Jones - piano
Arthur Watts- - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
(10)
Archie Semple - clarinet
Fred Hunt - piano

01 Bali Ha'i (Rodgers) (3:50)
02 Portrait of Miles (Brown) (4:49)
03 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Stept) (2:50)
04 Lover Man (Davis) (4:12)
05 Tipsy (Brown) (1:53)
06 Blue n' Boogie (Gillespie, Papperili) (3:15)
07 The Needle (Semple) (2:29)
08 High Priest (Ganley) (4:10)
09 Sans Humph (Coe) (3:19)
10 I Cover the Waterfront (Green) (4:19)
11 Sugar (Pinkard) (3:19)
12 ⅝ths (Coe) (2:30)

Label: Pye Black Label NJL 20
Recorded: November 05 (04) 18 (03 07 10) 1957 March 26 (06 08) November 13 (02 05 11) 14 (01 09 12) 1958
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0130 Sandy Brown [Sandy Brown's Jazz Band] FLAC 4(12.11)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
Sandy Brown had one of the better 'traditional' bands and at times he sounded very modern in outlook and approach.
The music, most of which was written by him, was fresh, original and full of interest.  Here he is at his very best in 1955 and the African influence to his writing during this period is evident on this Tempo recording.
FLAC with cover scans.

Al Fairweather - trumpet
John R T Davies - trombone
Sandy Brown - clarinet, vocal
Alan Thomas - piano
Mo Umansky - banjo
Brian Parker - bass
Graham Burbage - drums

01 African Queen (Brown) (3:04)
02 Special Delivery (Traditonal) (3:17)
03 Nothing Blues (Brown) (3:07)
04 Africa Blues (Brown) (2:43)

Label: Tempo ep EXA 33
Recorded: September 28 1955
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0107 Sandy Brown [McJazz] FLAC 10(36.48)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is the Brown/Fairweather group from 1957 playing an attractive selection of original music fitting somewhere between Traditional and Mainstream styles.  The lp was originally recorded for Nixa (NJL 9) and called 'Go Ghana'.
Around this period the music known as  West African 'High Life' became popular in the UK with many bands, including this one,  incorporating the basic rhythmic style into their playing and 'Go Ghana', one of the tunes  heard here, enjoyed some popularity in the musical world beyond jazz in 1957.  It might be familiar to some.
Front and back cover scans

Al Fairweather - trumpet
Jeremy French - trombone
Sandy Brown - clarinet
Ian Armitt - piano
W Disley - guitar, banjo
Tim Mahn - bass
Graham Burbridge - drums

01 Go Ghana
02 Scales
03 The Card
04 Monochrome
05 Those Blues
06 Wild Life
07 Blues from Black Rock
08 Doctor Blues I Presume
09 Ognoliya
10 Saved by the Blues

Label: Dormouse DM 6
Recorded: March 05 1957
Lineage: LP>FLAC