0235 Vic Lewis [A Tribute To Stan Kenton] FLAC 21(1.15.50)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
A compilation of tracks featuring the compositions and arrangements of Pete Rugolo and Ken Thorne for the Vic Lewis Orchestra recorded between 1947 and 1951.  
These were part of Vic's personal collection and originally recorded for his own label with some musicians who were to become better known in later years.
For jazz trivia enthusiasts, singer Elaine Delmar's father is in the trumpet section on track 21.
FLAC from OOP cd with booklet details.

Vic Lewis - leader, trombone, vocal
Johnny Shakespeare - trumpet
Bunny Layzell - trumpet
Vernon Thompson - trumpet
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Harold Luff - trumpet
Mickey Meene - trumpet
Harry Finch - trumpet
Paul Berman - trumpet
Dennis Shirley - trumpet
Bert Courtley - trumpet
Bill Sowerby - trumpet
Leslie Jiver Huthinson - trumpet
Alfie Noakes - trumpet
Fred Mercer - trombone
Ed Sweeney - trombone
Ruth Harrison - trombone
Don Lang - trombone
Stan Smith - trombone
Jack Waters - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Eddie Harvey - trombone
Johnny Keating - trombone
Jack Botterill - trombone
Jock Bain - trombone
Jack Thirwell - trombone
Ken Goldie - trombone
Ronnie Chamberlain - alto, clarinet
Peter Howe - alto, clarinet
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Charles Granville - tenor
Kathy Stobart - tenor
Vince Bovil - tenor
Bob Efford - tenor
Pete Warner - tenor
Frank Holmes - baritone
Bill Collins - baritone
Jimmy Simmonds - baritone
Ken Thorne - piano
Dill Jones - piano
Arthur Greenslade - piano, celeste
Al Ferdman - guitar
John Quest - bass
Jack Honeyman - bass
Alan McDonald - bass
Pete Blannin - bass
Peter Coleman - drums
unknown - violin
unknown - violin
unknown - violin
unknown - violin
unknown - viola
unknown - viola
unknown - cello
unknown - cello
Jacqulin Jennings - vocal

01 Hammersmith Riff (Rugolo) (2:44)
02 Pepperpot (Rugolo) (2:39)
03 The Man I Love (Gershwin) (3:06)
04 Music For Moderns (Vic Lewis) (2:45)
05 Design For Brass (Rugolo) (3:06)
06 Theme For Alto (Rugolo) (3:17)
07 Theme For Trombone (Rugolo) (3:00)
08 Over The Rainbow (Arlen) (3:28)
09 Serenade In Blue (Warren, Gordon) (3:22)
10 A Hundred Years From Today (Washington, Young) (2:58)
11 Love For Sale (Berlin) (3:09)
12 Where Are You (Mchugh, Adamson) (3:43)
13 Concerto To End All Concertos (Rugolo) (6:32)
14 Cuban Carnival (Rugolo) (2:46)
15 Porphyria's Lover (Thorne) (11:45)
16 The Blues (Thorne) (3:56)
17 For You A Bone (Thorne) (3:02)
18 Eindayz (Thorne) (2:47) (2:47)
19 Inspiration (Thorne) (2:21)
20 Heir To A Chinese Maiden (Thorne) (2:24)
21 Everywhere (Harris) (3:01)

Label: VICD 567
Recorded: 1947-1951
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0234 Jimmy Deuchar [Jimmy Deuchar Quartet] FLAC 4(12.02)

 

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
These titles have been issued previously on this blog but on this ep there are alternative takes of  'They Can't take That Away From Me'  and  'Thou Swell'.
The ep was not in good shape and there is some distortion in places, mainly in the trumpet lower register.
FLAC with ep cover scans.

Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Victor Feldman - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums

01 They Can't Take That Away from Me (Gershwin) (2:45)
02 Close as Pages in a Book (Fields, Romberg) (3:00)
03 Folks Who Live on the Hill (Kern) (3:27)
04 Thou Swell (Rodgers, Hart) (2:50)

Label: Esquire ep 53
Recorded: April 20 1954
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0233 John Dankworth [Get Happy] FLAC 16(51.30)

 

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
I am always wary of lps which state, as this one does, 'Living Presence Sound' and 'Stereo Enhanced'.
In other words, it means that the sound is not very good even allowing for the fact that the music was taken from 78 rpm discs and is around 60 years old. So, be warned.
With that warning, what about the music?
The sides are by the Dankworth Seven recorded between 1950 and 1952, Cleo Laine sings on some tracks. Strings are added on others. There are band vocals in places. The choice of material is questionable. 'The Wedding of the Painted Doll' and 'The Belle Of The Ball' for goodness sake.
I wonder what was going through Dankworth's mind when he decided to record some of these tracks?  In places it sounds like a second rate, end of the pier ageing dance band and there are perhaps 5 tracks from the 16 here which are worth listening to.
Why bother posting this?  Well, BritJazz likes to post the bad with the good so that you can decide for yourself. Am I being too harsh here?

John Dankworth - leader, alto
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Eddie Harvey - trombone
Don Rendell - tenor
Henry Mackenzie - clarinet
Bill Le Sage - piano
Steve Race - piano
B Litter - harp
Eric Dawson - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
Eddie Taylor - drums
J Hitchenor - violin
S Margo - violin
E Horwitz - violin
D Bellman - viola
A Pini - cello
Cleo Laine - vocals

01 Leon Bismarck (Dankworth) (3:29)
02 Mr and Mississippi (Gordon) (3:38)
03 Get Happy (Arlen, Koehler) (3:38)
04 Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin) (3:19)
05 Marching Through Georgia (Work) (3:00)
06 Lush Life (Strayhorn) (3:25)
07 The Wedding of the Painted Doll (Brown, Freed) (2:43)
08 Lament and Wild Dance (Dankworth) (3:04)
09 Cherokee (Noble) (2:38)
10 The Very Thought of You (Noble) (3:30)
11 Seven Not Out (Dankworth) (2:56)
12 The Theme from the Haunted Ballroom (Toye) (3:19)
13 Stompin' at the Savoy (Sampson, Goodman, Webb) (3:11)
14 Sin (Shull, Hoven) (2:52)
15 Strictly Confidential (Powell, Fuller) (3:10)
16 The Belle of the Ball (Anderson) (3:36)

Label: Esquire lp Esq 317
Recorded: 1950, 1951, 1952
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0232 John Dankworth [Plays My Fair Lady] FLAC 4(11.27)

 

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Every man and his dog recorded music from the musical 'My Fair Lady' and here the 1958 Dankworth Orchestra presents their versions of four of the songs.

John Dankworth - leader, alto
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Derrick Abbott - trumpet
Bob Carson - trumpet
Stan Palmer - trumpet
Colin Wright - trumpet
Jack Botterill - trombone
Garry Brown - trombone
Danny Elwood - trombone
Laurie Monk - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Danny Moss - tenor, clarinet
Alex Leslie - baritone, clarinet
Dave Lee - piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Kenny Clare - drums

01 I Could Have Danced All Night (Lerner, Loewe) (2:55)
02 Show Me (Lerner, Loewe) (3:14)
03 On The Street Where You Live (Lerner, Loewe) (2:47)
04 I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Lerner, Loewe) (2:32)

Label: Parlophone GEP 8671
Recorded March 27 (01 02) April 01 (03 04) 1958
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0231 John Dankworth [The Dankworth Workshop (No. 1)] FLAC 4(11.34)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
The Dankworth band of 1956/57. Three of the four compositions are by Dankworth who was perhaps better known later for his composing/arranging than his playing.
Was 'Melbourne Marathon' composed for the 1956 Olympic Games which was held in Australia.

Derrick Abbott - trumpet
Bill Metcalf - trumpt
Stan Palmer - trumpet
Colin Wright - trumpet
Dougie Roberts - trumpet (01-03)
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet (04)
Bill Geldard - trombone (01-03)
Dannny Elwood - trombone
Garry Brown - trombone
Harry Buckles - trombone (01)
Laurie Monk - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Ted Barker - trombone (04)
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Bill Harrington - tenor
Danny Moss - tenor (04)
Alex Leslie - baritone
Dave Lee - piano
Bill Sutcliffe - bass (01)
Eric Dawson - bass (02-04)
Kenny Clare - drums

01 Applecake (Dankworth) (2:51)
02 Coquette (Lombardo, Kahn, Green) (2:40)
03 Melbourne Marathon (Dankworth) (2:51)
04 Firth Of Fourths (Dankworth) (2:12)

Label: Parlophone GEP 8653
Recorded May 10 (01) December 19 (03) 1956 February 01 (02) May 15 (04) 1957
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0230 Ted Heath [At Carnegie Hall] FLAC 13(37.00)

Contributed by bluebird, who comments:-
This was recorded at the end of Ted Heath's first tour of the USA in 1956. The tour was a huge success for Heath and the band who remained popular in the USA for many years thereafter.
Some tracks are obviously crowd pleasers. The 'humerous' interplay between bassist Johnny Hawksworth and drummer Ronnie Verrell featured at all Heath's concerts in one version or another and it does not bear repeated playing. It hardly bears playing at all.
But there is some fine swinging music here and Kenny Graham's opener 'Kings Cross Climax' is heard in yet another version.
What is particularly interesting to hear is part of a 4 piece suite written for Heath by Bill Russo in 1955 and called 'The English Suite'. Two titles are heard here, 'Stonehenge' and 'Procession' but the other two titles are not known.  'Stonehenge' was recorded only once more by Heath (an airshot) and Russo himself recorded 'Procession' with the London Jazz Orchestra in January 1963 (a BBC broadcast) but there were no other recordings of the Suite as far as is known.
Russo did record a suite called 'Stonehenge' written by Richard Peaslee and played by The London Jazz Orchestra in 1964 but there is no similarity.
Russo's music makes Heath sound like the Kenton Orchestra which is not really surprising.
FLAC from OOP re-issue cd with booklet notes.

Ted Heath - leader
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Bert Ezzard - trumpet
Duncan Campbell - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Wally Smith - trombone
Don Lusher - trombone
Jimmy Coombes - trombone
Ric Kennedy - trombone
Ronnie Chamberlain - soprano, alto
Les Gilbert - alto
Red Price - tenor
Henry Mackenzie - tenor, clarinet
Ken Kiddier - baritone
Frank Horrox - piano
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Ronnie Verrell - drums

01 Listen To My Music (Heath) (0:33)
02 Kings Cross Climax (Graham) (2:16)
03 Memories Of You (Razaf, Blake) (2:42)
04 R. J. Boogie (Hawksworth) (3:57)
05 Perdido (Drake, Lengsfelder, Tizol) (2:44)
06 Autumn In New York (Duke) (4:39)
07 Carioca (Eliscu, Kahn, Youmans) (3:01)
08 Just One Of Those Things (Porter) (2:22)
09 Lullaby In Rhythm (Goodman, Profit, Sampson, Hirsch) (2:39)
10 Stonehenge (Russo) (3:11)
11 Procession (Russo) (3:05)
12 I Remember You (Mercer, Schertzinger) (2:59)
13 Hawaiian War Chant (Freed) (2:53)

Label: Decca LK 4165
Recorded: May p1 1956
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0229 Derek Smith [British Jazz Trio] FLAC 4(11.03)

Contributed by bluebird, who says:-
Pianist Derek Smith emigrated to the USA in 1957 and played with all the great musicians in a long and successful career. He is still active in the States.
Here  he joined up with two other British expatriates to form the short lived British Jazz Trio and recorded these 4 sides in New York in 1961. There are no other known recordings of this trio although they did play extensively in public.
Do I detect a note of nostalgia in the choice of tune titles?
FLAC with ep cover picture, track details and a contemporary review of the record. Alun Morgan was not impressed.

Derek Smith - piano
John Drew - bass
Kenny Harris - drums

01 The White Cliffs Of Dover (Burton, Kent) (3:28)
02 Ilkley Moor Baht 'At (2:35)
03 London Pride (Coward) (2:26)
04 Charlie Is My Darling (2:34)

Label: Ember EMB 4517
Recorded: 1961
Lineage: EP>FLAC