0401 Kathy Stobart [The Kathleen Stobart Orchestra] WAV 2(5.03)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-

Florence Kathleen (Kathy) Stobart
1 April 1925 - 5 July 2014

Kathy Stobart, a fine saxophonist, and an earlier pioneer in gaining the acceptance of women in Jazz, died on 5 July 2014 aged 89.
Kathy retired in 2004 after a long and varied career but maintained a keen interest in music and teaching up to the time of her death.
BritJazz wishes to add to the many tributes paid elsewhere by acknowledging her work and contribution to the world of British Jazz and music in general.
This music selection comes from an obscure and rare 78 rpm record featuring her Orchestra and one of two discs she recorded in 1951 for the small Manchester based label, Decibel.  It was her first date as leader and, surprisingly, she only recorded twice more as leader in her entire career.
But look at who was in this band and who were later to become much more well known.  Bert Courtley was her husband at the time.
R.I.P. Kathy Stobart 1925-2014.

Bert Courtley - trumpet
Derek Humble - alto
Kathy Stobart - tenor
Pete King - tenor
Alex Leslie - baritone
Dennis Armitage - piano
Len Harrison - bass
Pete Bray - drums
Franklin Boyd - vocal (02)

01 Idaho (2:27)
02 That Old Black Magic Called Love (2:35)

Label: Decibel
Recorded: October 1951
Lineage: 78>WAV

0400 Bill Le Sage [Directions In Jazz In Hamburg CD2] FLAC 9(47.59)

Contributed by King Ubu. Covers by the late Jazzman.

 An alternative front cover, courtesy of jazzandylan. Copy from here - not in download.

Johnny Scott - alto, flute, clarinet
Bob Burns - alto, clarinet
Ronnie Ross - alto, baritone, clarinet
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Tony Carr - drums
Freddie Alexander - cello
Maurice Westerby - cello
Francis Gabarro - cello
William De Mont - cello

01 Blue Trident (Ross) (4:49)
02 Clarion (Scott) (4:17)
03 Times 2½ (Scott) (4:48)
04 Come Rain Or Come Shine (Arlen, Mercer) (5:50)
05 So What (Davis) (4:46)
06 Minky (Ross) (6:35)
07 Pastorale D'Hiver (Scott) (7:19)
08 Where's The Fire (Scott) (3:36)
09 Rustic Gait (Ross) (5:44)

Label: NDR radio broadcast
Recorded: February 28 1964
Lineage: CDR>FLAC

0399 Bill Le Sage [Directions In Jazz In Hamburg CD1] FLAC 9(46.26)

Contributed by King Ubu. Covers by the late Jazzman.

An alternative front cover, courtesy of jazzandylan. Copy from here - not in download. 

Johnny Scott - alto, flute, clarinet
Bob Burns - alto, clarinet
Ronnie Ross - alto, baritone, clarinet
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Tony Carr - drums
Freddie Alexander - cello
Maurice Westerby - cello
Francis Gabarro - cello
William De Mont - cello

01 Night Talk (Le Sage) (5:01)
02 Monkey Business (Le Sage) (7:35)
03 Caber Dance (Heatley) (3:52)
04 Three (Le Sage) (4:39)
05 Lady Day (Ross) (6:28)
06 Wigmore Walk (Le Sage) (5:12)
07 Honky-Tonk (Le Sage) (4:05)
08 Morning Theories (Scott) (4:02)
09 Yardsticks (Le Sage) (5:16)

Label: NDR radio broadcast
Recorded: February 28 1964
Lineage: CDR>FLAC

0398 Ike Isaacs [Intimate Interpretations] FLAC 11(42.30)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A lovely solo album of classic standards and one original by guitarist Ike Isaacs recorded in Australia (where he was then living) in 1991 and produced by his son, Mark.

Ike Isaacs - guitar

01 Starlight (Isaacs) (3:59)
02 Polkadots And Moonbeams (Van Heusen, Burke) (5:08)
03 Drop Me Off In Harlem (Ellington, Kenny) (3:13)
04 ‘Round Midnight (Monk, Williams, Hanigen) (5:50)
05 They Can’t Take That Away From Me (Gershwin) (2:00)
06 Nuages (Reinhardt) (6:11)
07 Like Someone In Love (Van Heusen, Burke) (3:20)
08 Over The Rainbow (Arlen, Mercer) (2:26)
09 Laura (Raskin, Mercer) (3:42)
10 You Took Advantage Of Me (Rodgers, Hart) (2:53)
11 Moonlight In Vermont (Suessdorf, Blackburn) (3:47)

Label: IIM001
Recorded: May 1991
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0397 Ken Jones [Strike Up The Bard/Swinging The Bard] FLAC 11(35.11)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is a rather odd sort of record.
One the one hand there is a swinging big band with some fine Shake Keane solos but on the other hand there is a consort of viols and a recorder consort accompanying Elaine Delmar (who sings on 5 tracks) and sometimes popping up with the big band.
Don't dismiss this because of the unusual orchestrations though, because there is some fine  music.  Unfortunately, Elaine's vocals are spoiled in many places because of the excessive sibilance which is a result of bad microphone placement in the original recordings. Despite our best efforts we are unable to remove this without destroying the music so, in the main, it has been left alone.

(01 03 05 07 09 11)
Ken Jones - leader, piano, arranger
Dennis Nesbitt - conductor
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Bert Ezard - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Bert Courtley - trumpet
Shake Keane - trumpet, flugelhorn
Jackie Armstrong - bass trombone
Roy Willox - alto, flute
Derek Grossmith - tenor, flute
Manny Winter - baritone, flute
Roy Davey - vibes, miscellaneous
Spike Heatley - bass
Barry Morgan - drums
Jack Peach - percussion
Elizabethan Consorts of Viols (01)
(02 04 06 08 10)
Ken Jones - harpsichord
Arthur Watts - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
Alan Hakin - percussion
Elaine Delmar - vocal
Elizabethan Consorts of Viols (out 04)
Geoffrey Emmott's Recorder Consort (out 02 06)

01 Overture - Strike Up The Bard (Salzedo, Lindup) (6:44)
02 St. Valentine's Blues (Salzedo) (3:13)
03 Shake On A Barre (Mack) (3:45)
04 Live With Me And Be My Love (Premru) (3:33)
05 In A Stratford Garden (Hawksworth) (1:38)
06 Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (Young) (3:05)
07 Nine For Bacon (Mayer) (2:27)
08 Fye On Sinful Fantasy (Lindup)  (2:17)
09 Oxford Blue (Jones) (3:04)
10 Shall I Compare Thee (Brown) (2:25)
11 Puck (Tracey) (3:00)
    
Label: ATCO 33-171
Recorded: April 1964
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0396 Bill Le Sage [Road To Ellingtonia] FLAC 10(39.06)

Contributed by bluebird

Johnny Scott - alto (01 07), flute, alto flute (10)
Bob Burns - alto, clarinet (02 06 07 08 10)
Ronnie Ross - baritone, bass clarinet (10)
Bill Le Sage - vibes (03 07 09), piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Tony Carr - drums
Freddie Alexander - cello
Maurice Westerby - cello
Francis Gabarro - cello
William De Mont - cello

01 It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Ellington) (3:16)
02 Progressive Gavotte (Strayhorn) (5:02)
03 Hiawatha (Ellington, Sears) (3:48)
04 Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington, Gordon, Mills) (3:18)
05 C Jam Blues (Ellington) (4:49)
06 Midriff (Strayhorn) (4:30)
07 Upper Manhattan Medical Group (U.M.M.G) (Strayhorn) (3:32)
08 Come Sunday (Ellington) (3:09)
09 You Better Know It (Ellington, Strayhorn) (4:01)
10 Lay-by (Ellington) (3:42)

Label: London Philips BL7673
Recorded: May 03 1965
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0395 Various Artists [London Jazz Scene The 40's] FLAC 14(38.30)

Contributed by Thinktoomuch
(01 05 07 08 14) (The Squadronaires)
Jimmy Miller - leader
Tommy McQuater - trumpet
Archie Craig - trumpet
Clifton Ffrench - trumpet
George Chisholm - trombone
Eric Breeze - trombone
Jimmy Durrant - soprano, tenor, clarinet, bass clarinet
Tommy Bradbury - alto, clarinet
Harry Lewis - alto, clarinet
Andy McDevitt - tenor, clarinet
Ronnie Aldrich - piano
Sid Colin - guitar
Arthur Maden - bass
Jock Cummings - drums
(02 06)
George Shearing - piano
(03 09 12)
Freddy Randall - trumpet
Geoff Love - trombone
Freddy Gardner - alto (12), baritone (03)
Laurie Gold - tenor
Cliff Townsend - clarinet
Bruce Turner - clarinet (03 12)
Dill Jones - piano
Vic Lewis - guitar
Hank Hobson - bass
Max Abrams - drums
(04 11)
George Shearing - piano
Jack Llewellyn - guitar
George Gibbs - bass
Dave Fullerton - drums
Stephane Grappelli - violin
(10)
Frank Weir - clarinet
Alan Franks - trumpet
Derek Hawkins - alto, clarinet
Frank Ballerini - tenor
Walter Crombie - tenor, baritone
George Shearing - piano
Joe Nussbaum - bass
Norman Burns - drums
(13)
George Shearing - piano
Jack Fallon - bass
Norman Burns - drums

01 South Rampart Street Parade (Haggart, Bauduc, Allen) (2:48)
02 These Foolish Things (Link, Marvell, Strachey) (3:04)
03 Barefoot Blues (Rodgers) (2:23)
04 Body And Soul (Green, Eyton) (3:21)
05 That's A-Plenty (Pollack, Gilbert) (2:30)
06 Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar (Raye, Sheehy, Prince) (2:42)
07 High Society (Steele, Melrose) (3:10)
08 Anchors Aweigh (Styne) (2:44)
09 (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue (Razaf, Waller, Brooks) (2:37)
10 Henderson Stomp (Henderson) (2:17)
11 After You’ve Gone (Creamer, Layton) (3:09)
12 Clarinet Blues (Fazola) (2:23)
13 I Only Have Eyes For You (Dubin, Warren) (2:35)
14 Ring Dem Bells (Mills) (2:48)

Label: Ace Of Clubs ACL 1121
Recorded: 1940's