0240 Ronnie Scott [The Ronnie Scott Jazz Club Vol 3] FLAC 12(45.43)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
More rare music from the 1954 Ronnie Scott 9 piece group recorded before an enthusiastic audience at the Criterion Restaurant, London originally for a BBC Overseas Service broadcast.
Try to ignore the indifferent sound, ripped from a beat-up lp, and just enjoy the music.
There are feature spots for the main players and the 'vocal' on 'Oo-Shoo-Bee-Doo-Bee' must be a first for Ronnie Scott and his future partner in the Club, tenor player Pete King (not to be confused with the alto player of the same name).
FLAC from CDR of lp with small cover picture and track/personnel details.

We would like to make clear that the sound is not up to the usual standards but the rarity value overrides that consideration.

(01 02 04 05 07 09 11)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ken Wray - trombone
Derek Humble - alto
Pete King - tenor, vocal (07)
Ronnie Scott - tenor, vocal (07)
Benny Green - baritone
Victor Feldman - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums
(03)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet, flugelhorn
Derek Humble - alto
Victor Feldman - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums
(06)
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Victor Feldman - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums
(08)
Victor Feldman - vibes
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums
(10)
Pete King - tenor
Benny Green - baritone
Tony Crombie - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Victor Feldman - drums

01 Fast and Loose (2:45)
02 Body Beautiful (Crombie) (3:30)
03 Yardbird Suite (Parker) (6:54)
04 If I Should Lose You (Robin, Rainger) (2:59)
05 In the Land of Nimbupani (2:14)
06 Laura (Raksin, Mercer) (3:24)
07 Oo-Shoo-Bee-Doo-Bee (1:43)
08 This Can't be Love (Rodgers) (7:01)
09 Dear Old Southland (Creamer, Layton) (2:44)
10 El Sino (Greenlea) (5:35)
11 I Wished on the Moon (Parker, Rainger)(2:16)
12 Nemo (Graham) (4:39)

Label: Esquire 32-003
Recorded: March 17 1954
Lineage: LP>CDR>FLAC

0239 Humphrey Lyttelton [It's Mardi Gras] FLAC 4(10.13)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A compilation of tracks by various Humph bands recorded between 1953 and 1957 with a New Orleans Mardi Gras theme.

(01-03)
Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Johnny Picard - trombone
Bruce Turner - alto, clarinet
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor (01)
Johnny Parker - piano
Jim Bray - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums
(04)
Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Wally Fawkes - clarinet
Johnny Parker - piano
Freddy Legon - guitar
Micky Ashman - bass
George Hopkinson - drums

01 Creole Serenade (2:13)
02 Red Beans And Rice (2:12)
03 It's Mardi Gras (2:42)
04 Martiniquen Song (Last Year) (2:57)

Label: Parlophone GEP 8668
Recorded: October 27 1953 (04) December 07 1956 (03) January 15 (02) April 17 (01) 1957
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0238 Lennie Felix [That Cat Felix] FLAC 9(32.01)

 

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
A lovely solo record from pianist Lennie Felix and dating from 1958. The two takes of 'Pennies...' are very different indeed in tempo and approach but both equally enjoyable.

Lennie Felix - piano

01 Back Home Again In Indiana (Hanley) (2:48)
02 Pennies From Heaven (Take 1) (Monaco) (2:45)
03 Pennies From Heaven (Take 2) (Monaco) (2:53)
04 Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington) (4:48)
05 Fine And Dandy (Swift) (2:13)
06 Squeeze Me (Waller) (3:01)
07 On The Sunny Side Of The Street (McHugh) (4:47)
08 If I Had You (Shapiro) (5:07)
09 One For Bill (Felix) (3:40)

Label: Nixa 10" lp NJT 514
Recorded: February 12 1958
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0237 Kenny Baker [Baker's Dozen Volume One] FLAC 8(22.39)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
Some fine swinging mainstream music from 1955 with a host of British Jazz Stars led by Trumpeter Kenny Baker.  'Bugle Call Rag' sounds very boppy in the ensemble.
So many of these early lps and eps were not looked after and often played on clumsy and sound destroying equipment with the result that the current sound can be quite poor. This is the case here, particularly on side 2 (tracks 5-8).

Kenny Baker - trumpet
Freddie Clayton - trumpet
George Chisholm - trombone
Harry Hayes - alto, clarinet
E O Poggy Pogson - alto, tenor, bass saxophone, clarinet, whistle
Harry Klein - alto, baritone, clarinet
Freddie Ballerini - tenor, clarinet, violin
Martin Slavin - vibes
Bill McGuffie - piano, celeste
Joe Muddel - bass
Eric Delaney - drums, tympani

01 Baker's Boogie (Baker) (2:46)
02 Ev'ntide (Carmichael) (3:46)
03 Mean Dog Blues (Jackson) (2:58)
04 Bugle Call Rag (Pettis, Meyers, Scholberl) (2:14)
05 Harlem Twist (Livingston) (2:02)
06 Blues I Love to Sing (Ellington, Miley) (3:09)
07 Phil the Fluter's Ball (French) (3:19)
08 Delerium (Livingston) (2:24)

Label: Nixa NPT 19003
Recorded: May 06 (01 02 04 07) 10 (03 05 06 08) 1955
Lineage 10" LP>FLAC

0236 Ronnie Scott [Ronnie Scott Quintet] FLAC 4(13.57)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Another scarce Ronnie Scott ep on Esquire. There really should be a comprehensive cd re-issue programme for this early British Jazz.

Hank Shaw - trumpet
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Victor Feldman - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Fidelius (Feldman) (2:55)
02 Don't Take Your Love From Me (Nemo) (4:07)
03 They Can't Convince Me (Roberts) (4:05)
04 Short Circuit (Shaw) (2:50)

Label: Esquire 65
Recorded: March 09 1955
Lineage: EP>FLAC

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