0226 George Melly [Sings Doom] FLAC 4(12.41)

Contributed by bellawoods, who comments:-
A gloomy sort of record with all the songs being death related. George Melly sings with the Mick Mulligan band. I bought it for the cover.
For jazz trivia enthusiasts, trombonist Frank Parr used to be the wicket-keeper for Lancashire CC.   Howzat?

Mick Mulligan - trumpet
Frank Parr - trombone
Ian Christie - clarinet
Ronald Duff - piano
Nigel Sinclair - guitar
Allan Duddington - bass
Pete Appleby - drums
George Melly - vocals

01 Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair (Smith) (3:23)
02 Cemetery Blues (Cook, Williams) (3:22)
03 Blue Spirit Blues (Williams) (3:11)
04 Death Letter (Son, House) (2:46)

Label: Tempo ep EXA 47
Recorded: September 13 1956
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0225 Victor Feldman [First Recordings] FLAC 4(10.13)

Contributed by bellawoods, who comments:-
This is the Feldman Brothers band from 1944 with 10 year old Victor on drums making his recording debut.
As the included review states, these sides are mainly a showcase for young Victor's drumming and give an early indication of what was to come from this exceptionally talented musician. 

Additional track 04 supplied by Jazzuk

Robert Feldman - clarinet
Monty Feldman - accordion
Unknown - piano
Vic Lewis - guitar
Bert Howard - bass
Victor Feldman - drums

01 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard) (2:28)
02 Cooling Off (2:28)
03 Zanzibar (2:21)
04 Drummin' Man (Krupa, Parham) (2:56)

Label: Parlophone F2050 F2070
Recorded: c. November 04 1944

0224 Don Rendell et Bobby Jaspar [Recontre A Paris] FLAC 6(26.56)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
A nice pairing of two tenor sax players with Don Rendell providing the excuse to post on BritJazz. Sacha Distel is on guitar in one of his few jazz outings before he achieved fame as a pop singer in the 1960s and the wonderfully named Mac Kak is the drummer.
The french horn is a clumsy instrument in the jazz field and Dave Amram seems to struggle with it in his solos. They can be safely forgotten.
The recording date, which is not shown on the sleeve, is 17 March 1955 in Paris. The vinyl from which this was taken was the Japanese re-issue of the lp.
Good opportunity to test out your French with the sleeve notes or for Japanese speakers I can provide the insert in that language.
FLAC with lp cover scans.

Dave Amram - french horn
Don Rendell - tenor
Bobby Jaspar -  tenor
Maurice Vander - piano
Sacha Distel - guitar
Guy Pedersen - bass
Mak Kak - drums

01 Pot Luck (Mandell) (5:45)
02 Olympia (Chevallier) (5:13)
03 Dave's Blues (Amram) (3:56)
04 Kingfish (Holman) (3:25)
05 Thou Swell (Gershwin) (3:49)
06 A Long Way From Home (Amram) (4:47)

Label: Swing lp  M. 33.344
Recorded: March 17 1955
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0223 Humphrey Lyttelton [Humph Plays Standards] FLAC 10(36.41)

Contributed by Barton Bill and Gonzo.

You will probably have noticed this album has been posted here before. All credit to aroonie for his excellent addition to our offerings and for starting this off. However, we now have a new rip from the LP, supplied by Barton Bill, by none other than Gonzo. You may have noticed the latter's absence for a while - as has been announced elsewhere, he recently lost his wife but he is getting back into the swing of things and keeping busy. Condolences to Gonzo from the BritJazz team. BJ

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 07 1960
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0222 Milt Sealey [The Milt Sealey Trio] FLAC 4(14.37))

Contributed by bellawoods, who says:-
Milt Sealey is a Canadian pianist who happened to be in the UK in the mid 1950s and recorded these sides with Lennie Bush and Phil Seamen. The last track has a vocal by Sealey.
He is still active in music but more on the production side these days but he is certainly worth a listen as a pianist.
Thanks to yewsta for some help on one track. The sound overall is not the best - these 50 years old eps took a battering in their days - but it's listenable.
FLAC with ep cover scans.

Milt Sealey - piano, vocal (04)
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Milt's Blues (Sealey) (3:40)
02 Londonology (Sealey) (3:49)
03 In A Slow Mood (Sealey) (3:59)
04 There Will Never Be Another You (Warren) (3:08)

Label: Decca DFE 6369
Recorded: August 16 1956
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0221 Carmen McRae [Live At The Flamingo Jazz Club] FLAC 11(38.00)

Contributed by azule serape, who comments:-
Borderline for BritJazz with only half the musicians being British (Phil Seamen and Kenny Napper) but a fine set recorded live in 1961 at the old Flamingo Club in London with Carmen at the top of her form and making her first UK appearance before a very appreciative audience.
The compere is Tony Hall and it was originally recorded for Jeffrey Kruger's Ember label. Kruger also owned the Flamingo Club.

Don Abney - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Carmen McRae - vocals

01 I Could Write a Book (Rodgers, Hart) (3:11)
02 Body and Soul (Green, Eyton, Heyman, Sour) (4:25)
03 Thou Swell (Rodgers, Hart) (1:33)
04 'Round Midnight (Monk, Williams, Hanighen) (4:52)
05 A Foggy Day (In London Town) (Gershwin, Gershwin) (1:44)
06 Don't Ever Leave Me (Kern, Hammerstein) (4:01)
07 Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf, Blackburn) (3:52)
08 Day In Day Out (Bloom, Mercer) (2:01)
09 Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) (4:35)
10 Stardust (Carmichael, Parrish) (4:10)
11 They Can't Take That Away from Me (Gershwin, Gershwin) (3:33)

Label: Acrobat ACRCD 335
Recorded: May 1961
Lineage: CD>FLAC

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