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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

0501 Dick Morrissey [Live Storm Warning! Manchester 1966] FLAC 4(57.26)

Contributed by bluebird

Dick Morrissey - tenor
Harry South - piano
Phil Bates - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Storm Warning! (South) (16:33)
02 Sonny Boy (Jolson, DeSylva, Brown, Henderson) (8:10)
03 Get Out of the Country (17:44)
04 Altoitis (15:00)

Label: 77 Records Jazzhus JD-7614
Recorded: June 03 1966
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Full

Friday, March 27, 2015

0500 Ronnie Ross [After Hours] FLAC 6(22.47)

Can't remember where this came from now I'm afraid. It was on the Ronnie Ross Music blog as part of a much larger conglomeration which was also entitled After Hours

Les Condon - trumpet
Danny Moss - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Bill Le Sage - vibes (05), piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Bill Eyden - drums

01 Smiling Jack (Ross) (incomplete) (0:56)
02 Dolphin Square (Ross) (5:22)
03 Pancho Pancho (Le Sage) (4:18)
04 After Hours (Ross) (5:40)
05 Stand By (Le Sage) (4:27)
06 Eucalyptus Kid (Heatley) (incomplete) (1:52)

Label: BBC television broadcast
Recorded: September 20 1969 Ronnie Scott's Club London
Lineage: Broadcast>FLAC
Scans: Front and back covers by jazzandylan

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

0499 Various Artists [BBC Jazz Club December 27 1967] FLAC 10(37.01)

Contributed by azule serape (from an anonymous donor), who writes:-
Sound is reasonable - originally recorded from radio to tape then digitised and transferred to CDR from which this was ripped (not my tape or rip) in FLAC. The donor wishes to remain anonymous but thanks to him all the same.
There is a 'cover picture' with personnel and track details (no details for Jack Dorsey Band)

(01-04)
Elaine Delmar - vocal (01 02 04)
Pat Smythe - piano (01-04)
Dave Goldberg - guitar
Unknown - bass
Tony Haven - drums
(05 06)
Colin Purbrook - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Bobby Orr - drums
Bobby Breen - vocal (06)
(07-10)
Jack Dorsey Big Band  (personnel unknown)
Long John Baldry - vocal (08 09)

Announcers are Humphrey Lyttelton and Ian Carr

01 My One And Only (Mellin, Wood) (2:59)
02 Could Be (2:37)
03 Nursery Games (Smythe) (5:05)
04 If I Should Lose You (Rainger, Robin) (3:32)
05 Moanin' (Timmons) (4:17)
06 Sermonette (Adderley) (4:01)
07 A Hatful Of Blues (Sebesky) (4:39)
08 How Sweet It Is (Gaye) (3:02)
09 Cry Me A River (Hamilton) (2:50)
10 Country Cousin (Davies) (3:58)

Label: BBC broadcast
Recorded: December 27 1967
Lineage: AM>Tape>CDR>FLAC
Scans: Front cover with details only

Friday, March 20, 2015

0498 Ronnie Ross [Quartet In Naaldwijk Holland] FLAC 10(1.20.32)

Contributed by Q. Krook and wil

Ronnie Ross - baritone
Rob Agerbeek - piano
Roger Cooke - bass
Eric Ineke - drums

01 Have You Met Miss Jones (Rodgers) (9:43)
02 Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) (8:42)
03 Subbasement Blues (Ross) (8:18)
04 Impressions (Coltrane) (9:39)
05 New Orleans (Carmichael) (10:01)
06 No Blues (Davis) (8:00)
07 You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Brown, Kahn) (6:15)
08 Sweet And Lovely (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) (10:39)
09 Butterfly Gold (Ross) (8:38)
10 Steeplechase (Parker) (incomplete) (0:40)

Label: Privately recorded but NOT from the audience - microphones on the stage
Recorded: October 06 1977 Winkeltje Café Naaldwijk Holland
Lineage: Tape>FLAC
Scans: Front and two back covers (the second for CD omits last incomplete track)

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

0497 Jack Duff [If The Cap Fits...Wear It] FLAC 10(42.18)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Here's Scottish saxophonist, Jack Duff, with his Quartet and singer Bobby Breen in a 1972 recording. It was Bobby's last recording before his death later that year.
Jack was well known in his home country and was resident in Jersey for some years during the 1960s, often accompanying visiting soloists during the Summer holiday season. His winters were usually spent playing on the cruise ships before moving back to Scotland in 1990. He was active in music locally and in music education before his death in 2000.

Jack Duff - alto, tenor
Barry Cooper - guitar
Gerry Rossi - bass
Roy Tomlinson - drums
Bobby Breen - vocals (02 04 05 07 08 10)

01 Three Ober Four
02 Gone With The Wind
03 If The Cap Fits...Wear It
04 Love You Madly
05 Stormy Monday Blues
06 Orapella
07 Here's That Rainy Day
08 Thou Swell
09 The Old Curaçao Shop
10 Breen's Blues

Label: York FYK 407
Recorded: May 18 1972
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front and back LP covers

Friday, March 13, 2015

0496 Duncan Lamont [Sherlock Holmes Suite] FLAC 9(49.02)

Contributed by Derek Martin. Thanks to ritzbird for bringing this one to light.

Duncan Lamont - leader, composer
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Steve Waterman - trumpet
Andy Bush - trumpet
Noel Langley - trumpet
Stuart Brooks - trumpet
Mark Nightingale - trombone
Mark d'Silva - trombone
Jack Thirwell - trombone
Richard Edwards - trombone
Jimmy Hastings - saxophones, woodwinds
Andy Panayi - saxophones, woodwinds
Stan Sulzmann - saxophones, woodwinds
Duncan Lamont Jr - saxophones, woodwinds
Ronnie Ross - saxophones, woodwinds
Peter Shade - xylophone
Michael Garrick - piano
Mario Castronari - bass
Art Morgan - drums
Robin Williams - violin

01 Dr Watson (Lamont)
02 Sherlock Holmes (Lamont)
03 Inspector Lestrade (Lamont)
04 Mycroft Holmes (Lamont)
05 Baker Street Irregulars (Lamont)
06 Scandal In Bohemia (Lamont)
07 Professor Moriarty (Lamont)
08 His Last Bow (Lamont)
09 Holmes Hoe Down (Lamont)

Label: BBC radio broadcast Sounds Of Jazz
Recorded: January 01 1989
Lineage: Unknown>CDR>FLAC
Scans: Front and rear covers by jazzandylan

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

0495 Johnny Scott [Communication] FLAC 13(39.39)

Contributed by bluebird

Jazzandylan requested this so here it is

Johnny Scott - flute
Duncan Lamont - tenor
David Snell - harp
Arthur Watts - bass
Barry Morgan - drums

01 Communication (Scott) (2:37)
02 Mode Moderne (Snell) (3:58)
03 Measure For Measure (Lamont) (2:39)
04 Eleanor (Heatley-Cameron) (3:11)
05 It's For You (Lennon-McCartney) (3:01)
06 Carnival (Bonfa) (2:50)
07 Donna Lee (Parker) (2:01)
08 Something's Coming (Bernstein) (3:03)
09 Morning Theories (Scott) (3:39)
10 I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rodgers-Hart) (2:14)
11 M.V.4 (Lamont) (2:37)
12 Girls Were Made To Love And Kiss (Lehar) (4:46)
13 Caravan (Tizol-Ellington) (3:03)

Label: Columbia SCX 6149
Recorded: 1967
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front and rear LP cover