0220 Victor Feldman [Modern Jazz Quartet] FLAC 2(13.23)

Contributed by Azule Serape, who writes:-
Two other titles from this session were posted earlier on Esquire ep 35.  Tommy Pollard, Lennie Bush and Phil Seamen complete the Quartet.
This comes without a sleeve so the cover picture provided is small. 

Victor Feldman - vibes
Tommy Pollard - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Four And One Moore (Mulligan) (6:32)
02 Everything Happens To Me (Dennis, Adair) (6:51)

Label: Esquire ep 54
Recorded: December 14 1954
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0219 Humphrey Lyttelton [Humph Plays Standards] FLAC 10(37.12)

Contributed by aroonie, who writes:-
In my opinion his best band ever with a great sax section of Tony Coe, Jimmy Skidmore and Joe Temperley.  To me Skid was THE greatest of the Hawkins inspired tenor players (of the Brits, that is) and here he proves it on Body and Soul.  But there is not a weak track.

Later contribution from Barton Bill and Gonzo. - See 0223

Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet, vocal
John Picard - trombone
Tony Coe - alto, clarinet
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Joe Temperley - baritone
Ian Armit - piano
Pete Blannin - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums

01 Love for Sale (Porter) (4:44)
02 Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington) (3:36)
03 Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider (Leonard) (3:08)
04 Willow Weep for Me (Ronell) (4:30)
05 That's My Weakness Now (Green, Stept) (2:13)
06 Blue Lou (Mills, Sampson) (3:38)
07 The Man I Love (Gershwin) (3:33)
08 Undecided (Shavers, Robin) (3:23)
09 Bewitched (Rodgers, Hart) (3:46)
10 Body and Soul (Green) (4:40)

Label: Marble Arch MALS 1351
Recorded: June 22 23 July 7 1960
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0218 Tony Kinsey [Trio with Joe Harriott] FLAC 2(14.29)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
More fine music from Joe Harriott with Tony Kinsey on Esquire.

Joe Harriott - alto
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums

01 Chirracahaua (Le Sage) (7:40)
02 Teddi (Le Sage) (6:50)

Label: Esquire 36
Recorded: December 09 1954
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0217 Dick Morrissey [It’s Morrissey, Man!] FLAC 12(42.27)

Contributed by grumpy

Dick Morrissey - tenor
Stan Jones - piano
Malcolm Cecil - bass
Colin Jones - drums

01 St Thomas
02 Cherry Blue
03 Bench In The Park
04 Sancticity
05 Mildew
06 Puffing Billy
07 Gurney Was Here
08 Happy Feet
09 Where Is Love
10 Dancing In The Dark
11 Willow Weep For Me
12 Jellyroll

Label: Fontana TFL5194
Recorded: April 27 1961
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0216 Johnny Dankworth [And His Orchestra] FLAC 4(10.11)

Contributed by bluebird, who comments:-
Some Dankworth big band tracks from 1955/56 are heard here. There were not too many well known names in the band at this time, the best known perhaps, being drummer Kenny Clare.
Later bands in the early/mid 1960s attracted many big jazz names.
FLAC with ep cover scans.

(01 02)
Derrick Abbott- trumpet
Charlie Evans - trumpet
Frank Donlan - trumpet
Garry Brown - trombone
Bill Geldard - trombone
Laurie Monk - trombone
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Ronnie Fenwick - alto
Peter Warner - tenor
John Xerri - tenor
Alex Leslie - baritone
Dave Lee - piano
Bill Sutcliffe  -bass
Kenny Clare - drums
(03 04)
Derrick Abbott- trumpet
Charlie Evans - trumpet
Tommy McQuater - trumpet
Garry Brown - trombone
Bill Geldard - trombone
Laurie Monk - trombone
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Rex Rutley - alto
Peter Warner - tenor
John Xerri - tenor
Alex Leslie - baritone
Dave Lee - piano
Bill Sutcliffe  -bass
Kenny Clare - drums

01 Memories Of You (Razaf, Blake) (2:43)
02 Moby Dick (Dankworth) (2:08)
03 Feather Merchant (Mundy, Basie) (3:06)
04 Back Home Again In Indiana (MacDonald, Hanley) (2:14)

Label: Parlophone GEP 8570
Recorded: November 02 (03 04) December 15 (02) 1955  January 20 1956 (01)
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0215 Dill Jones [Jones the Jazz] FLAC 9(37.24)

Contributed by bluebird

Bert Courtley - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Vic Ash - tenor, clarinet
Dill Jones - piano
Bill Sutcliffe - bass
Benny Goodman - drums

01 Struttin' With Some Barbeque (Armstrong) (4:14)
02 Gone Tomorrow (Jones) (6:07)
03 The Preacher (Silver, Gonzales) (2:46)
04 Farewell Blues (Schoebel, Rappolo, Mares) (5:44)
05 Them There Eyes (Pinkard, Tracey, Tauber) (3:24)
06 Caravan (Ellington, Tizol) (4:43)
07 St David (Traditional - Arr Jones) (2:49)
08 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (Mchugh, Fields) (2:42)
09 Jones The Jazz (Jones) (4:55)

Label: Columbia  33SX 1336
Recorded: January 26 27 1961
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0214 Various Artists [London Jazz Scene The 40's] FLAC 14(37.55)

Contributed by Azule Serape, who writes:-
This is not wholly representative of the London Jazz scene in the 1940s but it's what Decca had in the vaults so it's quite limited and traditional in scope.
The big record companies were not interested in recording the emerging 'new' jazz in the late 1940s so it was left to the small independent labels like Melodisc, Esquire, Paxton and a few others to bring this music to a wider public.
One for the nostalgia buffs.
FLAC with lp cover scans.

Jimmy Miller - leader, vocal
Tommy McQuater - trumpet
Archie Craig - trumpet
Clifton Ffrench - trumpet
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Jimmy Watson - trumpet
Alan Franks - trumpet
Freddy Randall - trumpet
George Chisholm - trombone
Eric Breeze - trombone
Geoff Love - trombone
Jimmy Durrant - soprano, tenor, clarinet, bass clarinet
Tommy Bradbury - alto, clarinet
Monty Levy - alto, clarinet
Harry Lewis - alto, clarinet
Derek Hawkins - alto, clarinet
Freddy Gardner - alto, baritone
Cliff Townsend - alto, baritone, clarinet
Frank Ballerini - tenor
Laurie Gold - tenor
Walter Crombie - tenor, baritone
Andy McDevitt - tenor, clarinet
Bruce Turner - clarinet
Reg Conroy - vibes
Ronnie Aldrich - piano
George Shearing - piano
Dill Jones - piano
Harry Chapman - harp
Bert Weedon - guitar
Jack Llewellyn - guitar
Vic Lewis - guitar
Sid Colin - guitar, vocal
Arthur Madden - bass
Jack Fallon - bass
Joe Nussbaum - bass
Hank Hobson - bass
George Gibbs - bass
Jock Cummings - drums
Norman Burns - drums
Al Philcock - drums
Dave Fullerton - drums
Max Abrams - drums
Stephane Grappelli - violin
Stan Andrews - violin
Lynn Shaw - vocal

01 South Rampart Street Parade (Haggart, Baudue, Crosby) (2:47)
02 These Foolish Things (Strachey, Marvell, Link) (3:01)
03 Barefoot Blues (White) (2:20)
04 Body and Soul (Green, Sour, Eyton, Heyman) (3:16)
05 That's A-Plenty (Pollack, Gilbert) (2:27)
06 Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (Ray, Prince, Sheehy) (2:38)
07 High Society (Piron, Williams) (3:10)
08 Anchors Away (Zimmerman, Savino) (2:42)
09 Black and Blue (Razaf, Brooks, Waller) (2:37)
10 Henderson Stomp (Henderson) (2:14)
11 After You've Gone (Creamer, Layton) (3:06)
12 Clarinet Blues (2:19)
13 I Only Have Eyes for You (Warren, Dubin) (2:33)
14 Ring Dem Bells (Ellington, Mills) (2:47)

Label: Ace Of Clubs ACL 1121
Recorded: July 30 1940 April 09 23 June 10 August 01 1941 May 21 1942 January 07 1943 May 28 1945 May 21 November 27 1947 November 26 1948 February 24 1949
Lineage: LP>FLAC