0116 Modern Jazz Quartet [With Guests Joe Harriott and Ronnie Ross] FLAC 10(1.17.07)

Contributed by delmonico

Joe Harriott and Ronnie Ross were guests on the MJQ's tour of the UK in 1959 and whilst most (if not all) of the two performances were privately recorded on 4 December in Manchester, the tracks heard here are concerned only with the featured solo spots of the two British musicians and the other tracks on which they have solos.
John Lewis makes the announcements.

Joe Harriott - alto
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Milt Jackson - vibes
John Lewis - piano
Percy Heath - bass
Connie Kay - drums

01 Django
02 Autumn In New York
03 How Long Has This Been Going On?
04 A Night In Tunisia
05 Bags' Groove
06 Django
07 Autumn In New York
08 Body And Soul
09 A Night In Tunisia
10 All The Things You Are

Label: Private Recording
Recorded: December 04 1959 Manchester
Lineage: Tape>FLAC

0115 Ronnie Scott [Ronnie Scott Jazz Club Vol 2] FLAC 10(47.05)

Contributed by delmonico and cornelius
Some tracks only have been issued on CD but this is from the LP. Some effort has been made to improve the recording but it is a little muffled generally.

Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Ken Wray - trombone
Derek Humble - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Pete King - tenor
Benny Green - baritone
Norman Stenfalt - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums

01 I May Be Wrong
02 On the Alamo
03 Day Dream
04 Stringin' the Jug
05 Lullaby in Rhythm
06 Seven Eleven
07 What's New
08 S'wonderful
09 How Am I to Know
10 Just One of Those Things

Label: Esquire 32.002 A BBC World Service broadcast from the Paris Cinema Studio London
Recorded: February 02 1953
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0114 Tony Kinsey [The Decca Sessions] FLAC 11(35.01)

This item is supplied through the efforts of many people. The material was not issued as an album but various singles and 78's.
The tracks below we do not have but hope to add them later
I Never Knew DFE6285 Aug 3 1955                      
You Can't Run Away from It F10812 October 23 1956 (Rosemary Squires with Tony Kinsey) 
Our Love is Here to Stay F10812 October 23 1956  (Rosemary Squires with Tony Kinsey)

(01)
Joe Harriott - alto
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
(02 07)
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
(03-06)
Ronnie Ross - baritone, clarinet
Bill Le Sage - vibes
Dill Jones - piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
(08 09)
Don Rendell - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone clarinet
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Pete Blannin - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
(10 11)
Les Condon - trumpet
Bob Efford - tenor
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Pete Blannin - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums

01 Introduction (6:54)
02 Pierrot (2:54)
03 Stompin' At The Savoy (Goodman, Razaf, Sampson, Webb) (2:23)
04 China Boy (Boutelje, Winfree) (2:20)
05 Moonglow (Delange, Hudson, Mills) (3:07)
06 One O'clock Jump (Basie, Durham) (3:05)
07 In A Ditch (Le Sage) (3:09)
08 Mean To Me (Ahlert, Turk) (2:58)
09 Supper Party (2:36)
10 Blue Eyes (3:05)
11 The Midgets (2:30)

Label: Decca
Recorded: May 17 (01) August 03 (02) 1955 February 20 (03-06) April 30 (07) October 18 (08 09) 1956 October 07 1957 (10 11)
Lineage: Various

0113 Victor Feldman [The Young Vic] FLAC 15(49.10)

Contributed by Azule Serape, who writes:-
The 1948 tracks, which are his first recordings,  feature Victor aged not quite 14 playing drums in pretty heavyweight company. Other tracks find him 'multitracking' in 1951 (an early experiment?) and then playing vibes, which was his instrument of choice in later years. All this by the age of 20. A wonder kid indeed. 
Victor moved to the USA in 1957, enjoying a very successful recording career and died there in 1987 aged just 53.
The sound is disappointing bearing in mind that the re-issue lp was produced by Esquire in the mid 1980s and one assumes that they had access to their own masters for dubbing. Any surface noise etc you hear is on the original music - the lp is in mint condition.
FLAC with cover scans

(01-05)
John Dankworth - clarinet
Eddie Thompson - piano
Bert Howard - bass
Victor Feldman - drums
(06 07)
Victor Feldman - vibes, piano, drums
(08-11)
Victor Feldman - vibes
Stan Watson - guitar
Lennie Bush - bass
Freddie Manton - drums, Indian drum
(12-15)
Victor Feldman - vibes, conga drum
Tony Crombie - piano
Lennie Bush - bass

01 Mop Mop
02 Lady Bird
03 Quarternity
04 Moonlight in Vermont
05 Gone With the Wind
06 Ego
07 Jolly Rogers
08 Evening in Paris
09 Kashmir
10 Pakistan
11 Harem Scarem
12 Monkey Business
13 Serenade in Blue
14 For You Alone
15 Body and Soul

Label: Esquire lp ESQ 327
Recorded: February 17 1948 (01-05) June 12 1951 (06 07) March 19 (08-11) July 14 (12-15) 1954
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0112 Kenny Baker [Midnight at Nixa] FLAC 10(42.22)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Kenny Baker, a highly respected trumpeter, who could play in any style with groups as diverse as Dixelanders and Boppers, is heard here with a quartet and quintet with various musicians in a loose mainstream jam session.
It's good to hear Derek Smith get a spot just with bassman Major Holley (who recorded prolifically in the UK during this period) and the great Phil Seamen drives things along on most tracks.
Original lp front cover picture (does anyone have a better one?) , original sleeve notes and personnel details.

(01 06)
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Bruce Turner - alto
Derek Smith - piano
Frank Clarke - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(02 09 10)
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Bruce Turner - alto
Derek Smith - piano
Major Holley - bass
Don Lawson - drums
(03-05)
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Derek Smith - piano
Frank Clarke - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(07)
Derek Smith - piano
Major Holley - bass
(08)
Bruce Turner - alto
Bertie King - alto
Derek Smith - piano
Frank Clarke - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Bugle Blues
02 Don't Worry 'Bout Me
03 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
04 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
05 Jive At Five
06 Truckin'
07 It Had To Be You
08 Tea For Two
09 Blues On Friday
10 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Label: Nixa lp NJL 3
Recorded: January 16 (01 05 06) February 20 (03 04 08) March 23 (02 07 09 10) 1956

0111 Ronnie Scott [Ronnie Scott Quintet] FLAC 2(12.43)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
A couple of longish tracks from a Ronnie Scott 1955 Quintet with Hank Shaw wearing his Sunday best name of Henry. No sleeve notes on the back but a useful Ronnie Scott Esquire discography.  Those Esquire front cover designs still feel fresh and modern. Collectors items in their own right.
Ripped in FLAC from ep with front and back cover scans.

Hank Shaw - trumpet
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Victor Feldman - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Split Kick
02 It Don't Mean A Thing

Label: Esquire 95
Recorded: August 07 1955
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0110 Dave Lee and Dennis Wilson [Piano Moods] FLAC 3(14.57)

Contributed by delmonico,who writes:-
One ep side by each of these not too well known pianists although Dave Lee was a long time associate of the Dankworth bands and accompanist to Cleo Lane for a number of years.
Original ep front cover, sleeve notes and personnel details.

(01 02)
Dave Lee - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
(03)
Dennis Wilson - piano
Jack Llewellwyn - guitar
Frank Clarke - bass

01 Excuse For The Blues
02 On The Alamo
03 Ellington Medley - C Jam Blues, Take The A Train, Drop Me Off In Harlem, Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Label: Pye PEP 603
Recorded: 1958
Lineage: EP>FLAC