0093 Harry Klein [Baritone Sax] FLAC 4(10.17)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Two sessions from two different Harry Klein Quintets from 1954 and 1955 on a 1956 ep.
Harry (who died recently) recorded little as leader so it is good to hear him in this context.

(01 02)
Harry Klein - baritone
Vic Ash - clarinet
Dill Jones - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums
Leslie Weeks - bongos
(03 04)
Harry Klein - baritone
Vic Ash - clarinet
Stan Tracey - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums

01 Pentagon
02 Poinciana
03 Monument
04 Euphony

Label: Columbia ep SEG 7647
Recorded: October 26 1954 (01 02) January 19 1955 (03 04)
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0092 Cleo Laine [The April Age] FLAC 4(11.17)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Cleo and the Dave Lee Quintet (a contingent from the Dankworth Orchestra) with an April themed ep.
Alex Wilder wrote the song 'April Age' and sent it to Cleo for this first recording in 1956.

Johnny Dankworth - alto, clarinet
Martin Slavin - vibes
Dave Lee - piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
Cleo Laine - vocals

01 I'll Remember April
02 April Age
03 April in Paris
04 I Dedicate April

Label: Nixa EP NJE 1026
Recorded: September 05 1956
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0091 Annie Ross [Nocturne For Vocalist] FLAC 4(10.05)

Contributed by Azule Serape, who writes:-
This is Annie recorded with a Tony Crombie group during her 3 year stay in London in the mid 1950s. The previous day she had recorded her classic 'Annie By Candlelight' with the same group with which this in combined.
Picture of original ep front sleeve and track/personnel details.

Bob Burns - clarinet
Tony Crombie - piano
Roy Plummer - guitar
Lennie Bush - bass
Annie Ross - vocals

01 I've Told Every Little Star
02 Manhattan
03 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
04 Skylark

Label: Nixa ep NJE 1035
Recorded: August 28 1956
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0090 Annie Ross [Annie by Candlelight] FLAC 8(23.05)

Contributed by cornelius

Bob Burns - clarinet
Tony Crombie - piano
Roy Plummer - guitar
Lennie Bush - bass
Annie Ross - vocals

01 The Gipsy in My Soul
02 I Love Paris
03 I Didn't Know About You
04 The Lady's In Love With you
05 Tain't What You Do
06 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
07 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
08 Don't Worry 'Bout Me

Label: Nixa NJT504
Recorded: August 27 1956

0089 Mary Lou Williams [The London Sessions] FLAC 22(1.10.55)

Contributed by Azule Serape, who writes:-
Here's Mary Lou again with British bass and drums from sessions recorded in London in 1953 and 1954 during her two year stay in Europe.
Much better recorded than the earlier sessions posted and with a number of alternate takes. These sessions with all known takes are brought together for the first time by French Vogue and re-issued on this 1997 cd.
FLAC from re-issue cd with cd cover scans and scan of front cover of one original French Vogue lp.

(01-11)
Mary Lou Williams - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
Tony Scott - bongos
(12-22)
Mary Lou Williams - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
Tony Scott - bongos

01 Perdido
02 Lady Bird
03 Don't Blame Me
04 Titoros
05 Titoros
06 For You
07 They Can't Take That Away from Me
08 They Can't Take That Away from Me
09 Kool Bongo
10 Round About Midnight
11 Round About Midnight
12 Azure-Te
13 Flying Home
14 Nickels
15 The Man I Love
16 The Man I Love
17 Twilight
18 Just One of Those Things
19 Just One of Those Things
20 Why
21 Yesterdays
22 Yesterdays

Label: French Vogue CD 74321409312
Recorded: January 23 1953 (01-11) 1954 (12-22)
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0088 Tito Burns [Tito Burns and His Sextet] FLAC 6(17.29)

TITO BURNS 1921-2010
Jazz accordionist, bandleader and promoter Tito Burns died on 23 August 2010 aged 89.
Whilst Tito was never a leading light or major influence in the jazz world, he supported the new 'modern' music and gave a start to many of the young modernists such as Pete Chilver, Tommy Pollard and Tony Crombie in his Sextet.  Ronnie Scott and Johnny Dankworth were with his band for a time in the late 1940s too.
Tito's Sextet featured in the BBC's long running Accordion Club programme from 1947 onwards and it was said to be the first group to play bebop on radio.
Tito struggled to make a living from playing music as the new sounds of Rock and Roll emerged in the mid 1950s and eventually he gave up playing and moved successfully into the field of management and promotion with his music agency.
He married his band vocalist, Terry Devon, in 1948  and this small musical tribute features the Tito Burns Sextet of 1951 where Terry (who survives him) can also be heard.

(01-04)
Leon Calvert - trumpet
Jimmy Chester - alto, baritone (01 03 04)
Tito Burns - accordion, vocals (04)
Ronnie Price - piano
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Derek Price - drums
Terry Devon - vocals (02-04)
(05 06)
Albert Hall - trumpet
Jimmy Chester - alto, clarinet
Rex Morris - tenor
Tito Burns - accordion, vocal
Ronnie Price - piano
Coleridge Goode - bass
Derek Price - drums
Terry Devon - vocals (05)

01 Johnny Come Lately
02 East Of Suez
03 Somebody Loves Me
04 Everlovin' Blues
05 A Lesson In Bop
06 Festival Hall

Label: Esquire 10-126/133/183
Recorded: March 06 (01-04) July 12 (05 06) 1951
Lineage: EPs>FLAC

0087 Melody Maker All Stars [Waxing the Winners 1951-52-53] FLAC 12(53.47)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
In keeping with other music magazines of the time, Melody Maker also ran readers polls to determine their favourite jazz musicians and then recorded them.
They were usually blowing sessions with everyone getting his 16 or more bars and the outcomes were often not particularly memorable (but remember the famous Metronome session with Miles Davis, Fats Navarro and Dizzy Gillespie comprising the trumpet section?).
Here then are the cream of the British musicians (according to MM readers) in sessions from 1951, 1952 and 1953. There are some alternate takes.
The 1951 session was originally issued on one Esquire 78 rpm record and the other sessions on two 10" Esquire lps (20-001 and 20-008), one of which was Esquire's very first jazz lp venture. These recordings are from the Esquire re-issue lp which put together the results of these sessions.
Ripped in FLAC from CDR with original cover picture from the mid 1980s Esquire re-issue lp together with track and personnel details. The sound source is variable in quality.

(01 02)
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Gordon Langhorn - trombone
Ronnie Chamberlain - soprano
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Dave Shand - baritone
Henry McKenzie - clarinet
Victor Feldman - vibes
Ralph Sharon - piano
Ivor Mairants - guitar
Charlie Short - bass
Jack Parnell - drums
(03-07)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Vic Ash - clarinet
Victor Feldman - vibes
Ralph Sharon - piano
Ivor Mairants - guitar
Joe Muddel - bass
Jack Parnell - drums
(08-12)
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Jackie Armstrong - trombone
Ronnie Chamberlain - soprano
Les Gilbert - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Vic Ash - clarinet
Martin Slavin - vibes
Bill McGuffie - piano
Ivor Mairants - guitar
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Jack Parnell - drums

01 Brand's Essence
02 Marshall's Plan
03 Up the Poll (take 1)
04 Leap Year (take 1)
05 Up the Poll (take 2)
06 Leap Year (take 2)
07 M. M. Special
08 Ballot Box (take 1)
09 Coronation Jump (take 1)
10 Ballot Box (take 2)
11 Coronation Jump (take 2)
12 Anidina

Label: Esquire 321
Recorded February 03 1951 (01 02) March 24 1952 (03-07) March 24 1953 (08-12)
Lineage: CDR>FLAC