0576 Louis Stewart Martin Taylor [Acoustic Guitar Duets] FLAC 10(57.00)

Contributed by Azule Serape

Louis Stewart - guitar
Martin Taylor - guitar

01 Pick Yourself Up
02 Morning Of The Carnival
03 Jive At Five
04 Billie's Bounce
05 Coming Through The Rye
06 Cherokee
07 Stompin' At The Savoy
08 Darn That Dream
09 Bernie's Tune
10 Farewell To Erin

Label: Livia LRCD 7 - Jardis JRCD 9613
Recorded: July 1985
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full

0575 Elaine Delmar [Elaine Sings Wilder] FLAC 12(35.21)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A super lp. Great singer, great songs and great backing.
It's just.... great.

Collective personnel:
Elaine Delmar - vocals
Colin Beaton - leader, piano
Moe Miller - trumpet, french horn
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Laurie Wise - guitar
John Borthwick - bass
Harvey Bruns - drums

01 It's So Peaceful In The Country
02 The Wrong Blues
03 While We're Young
04 Is It Always Like This
05 Summer Is A-Comin' In
06 I'll Be Around
07 Who Can I Turn To
08 You're Free
09 Winter Of My Discontent
10 That's The Way It Goes
11 The Lady Sings The Blues
12 The April Age

Label: Columbia SX 6044 Lansdowne Series
Recorded: 1965/1966
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover

0574 June Christy [The Cool Elephant] WAV 2(5.25)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is not the rarest session in the Tubby Hayes discography (that honour goes to singer Teri Thornton who made a single, also for CBS, with him backing) but it is next in line.
The back history is quite interesting.
It was thought at first that the single had been recorded in Los Angeles during one of the periods when Tubby was making one of his exchange visits to the USA.  But it wasn't.  The truth is much simpler.
Firstly, the title of the song on the 'A' side.
Johnny and Cleo Dankworth opened a small club in London's West End called 'The Cool Elephant' early in 1965 with the Dankworth Sextet providing the music and special guests doing a set with their own groups. Membership was ten guineas (remember those) a year and top star vocalists such as Marian Montgomery, Mel Torme, Georgia Brown, Cleo herself, Oscar Brown Jr. and Teri Thornton were booked. The club, described as an elegant music and supper club, had French chefs and Sean Kenny decor in dark blue tweed.
And June Christy was booked in during  January 1965 with her pianist Victor Feldman plus Peter McGurk and Allan Ganley from the house band and it was during this period in the UK that the record was made. Titled no doubt in honour of the Club.
The song, 'The Cool Elephant' was written by Vic Lewis and Don Black (as was the 'B' side of this single, 'Love's Not Only For The Young') and produced by Vic's own Company, Oval Productions.  He was a cricket fan.
BritJazz leaves no stone unturned to bring you this irrelevant detail.
Hayes plays flute on the title track and tenor on the 'B' side. Jimmy Deuchar plays trumpet but the other musicians are not named but I can hear piano, guitar, bass and drums.
And, as a tail piece, the Club went bankrupt in November 1965 after only a few months in business.
WAV from 45 single with a 'cover picture', track details such as they are and a couple of photographs taken at the Club.

June Christy - vocals
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Tubby Hayes - tenor (02), flute (01)
Unknown - piano
Unknown - guitar
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums

01 The Cool Elephant (Lewis, Black)
02 Love's Not Only For The Young (Lewis, Black)

Label: CBS 201738
Recorded: January 1965
Lineage: Single>WAV
Scans: Some images and front cover

0573 Sandy Brown [BBC Jazz Club - 54] FLAC 5(14.49)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
This is a 30 minute broadcast from the BBC Jazz Club - No. 54  and is side 2 of 2 of a session by Sandy Brown and his Band.
It dates from 1956 (these discs were  licensed for a period of 4 years and the expiry date shown on the disc label is 8.9.60) but there are no other written details.
The information listed in the post comes from the announcements by David Jacobs.

Al Fairweather - trumpet
Jeremy French (?) - trombone
Red Price - tenor
Sandy Brown - clarinet
Ian Armit - piano
Diz Disley (?) - guitar
Brian Parker (?) - bass
Graham Burbidge - drums

01 Nuages
02 Swinging The Blues
03 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
04 Wild Life
05 Theme - Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Label: BBC Transcription Disc
Recorded: c. 1956
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear covers by jazzandylan

0572 Acker Bilk [The Veritable Mr Bilk] FLAC 8(38.19)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
I wouldn't normally buy anything by Acker Bilk as it's not my kind of music but I was tempted by this lp as Ronnie Ross appeared as a guest on side two (tracks 5, 6 and 7).
To this lp I added a further track from the same session with Ross (track 8) which appeared on an ep and not this lp.
The first four tracks without Ross were recorded live in concert in New Zealand in September 1966 and the others were studio recordings from January 1967.
FLAC from lp and ep with cover scans of both.

Acker Bilk - leader, clarinet
Al Fairweather - trumpet
Johnny Mortimer - trombone
Bruce Turner - alto
Ronnie Ross - baritone (05-08)
Stan Greig - piano
Tony Pitt - guitar
Tucker Finlayson - bass
Ron McKay - drums

01 Tiger Rag
02 Undecided
03 Bugle Call Rag
04 Front Seat Driver
05 Acker's Personal Jungle
06 Caravan
07 Hucklebuck
08 Tarzan's March

Label: Columbia SX 6241 Festival FY2455
Recorded: late September 1966 (01-04) January 1967 (05-08)
Lineage: LP EP>FLAC
Scans: Full

0571 Ernest Ranglin [Soul D'Ern] FLAC 9(1.16.30)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
One of the few straight ahead jazz recordings Ernest made whilst resident here in the early/mid 1960s.
He was part of the house rhythm section at Scott's for a while and he is featured here live from the Club in a trio setting.

Ernest Ranglin - guitar
Phil Bates - bass
Benny Goodman - drums

01 Ronnie's Intro
02 Just One Of Those Things
03 One Note Samba
04 Just In Time
05 Cherokee
06 A Foggy Day
07 Ernest's Other Blues
08 Get Me To The Church On Time
09 Soul D'Ern

Label: Ronnie Scott's Jazz House JHAS 611
Recorded: December 15 1963 (03-06) February 20 1964 (02 07-09)
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full

0570 Ernest Ranglin [Ranglypso] FLAC 8(44.29)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
This just about squeezes into BritJazz because of the drummer on the date - Kenny Clare.
Ernest Ranglin, who was Jamaican born, was part of the Ronnie Scott house rhythm section in the early/mid 1960s so he almost qualifies as British.
After leaving the UK, Ernest had a long association with Monty Alexander, who plays electric piano only on this date, and they made several records together.

Monty Alexander - electric piano
Ernest Ranglin - guitar
Eberhard Weber - bass
Kenny Clare - drums

01 Mento-Time In Jamaica
02 Feel Like Making Love
03 Escape To Villengen Blues
04 Tico Tico
05 Ranglypso
06 You Make Me Feel Brand New
07 Honky Tonk
08 Freeway

Label: MPS 68.153
Recorded: October 25 1974
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover