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Acker Bilk
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The long standing British love and fascination with Jazz can almost certainly be traced back to the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in London in 1919, for a tour of Variety Theatres along with a nine month residency at the Hammersmith Palais. The ODJB returned to New York in 1920 leaving behind a fire for jazz that has never been extinguished. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, countless British Bands and Orchestras featured the latest and hottest Jazz tunes coming in from the USA. Top names such as Ambrose, Roy Fox, Jack Hylton and Harry Roy featured Jazz in their Night Club Shows and during their hugely popular BBC Radio broadcasts. A number of American Jazz musicians such as Adrian Rollini and Sylvester Ahola where also ‘imported’ during this era, with their talents being exploited to the full by the local record companies and various Band leaders. Understandably, British musicians drank in all the knowledge they could from these original exponents of Jazz. During this period, the leaders of the post World War 2 British Jazz revival were born and were undoubtedly influenced in their early years by these original Jazz and Big Band musicians both British and American.
Bernard Stanley Bilk, better known as Acker, was born in Pensford, Somerset on January 28th., 1929 and his early love of Jazz, especially that of early New Orleans, led him in the direction of learning to play the clarinet and to offer up some lusty vocals, possibly slightly influenced by Louis Armstrong.
Of the four British Trad Jazz giants featured in this series, Acker Bilk was possibly the most commercially successful. With hits like “Stranger on the Shore” and “Aria” he graced the charts around the world on several occasions and in his latter day would almost be termed ‘middle of the road’, but this 2 CD collection gives you Acker at his Jazz best. These early recordings give us some of the best and purest work that he recorded, although there would still be a few years after the recordings on these CD’s before he went ‘commercial’!
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Track-Listing
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CD 1
,1-All the girls go crazy
2-East Coast Trot
3-Franklin Street Blues
4-Gladiolus Rag
5-Lou-easy-an-i-a
6-Careless Love
7-Sing on
8-Goodnight sweet prince
9-Darkness on the Delta
10-High Society
11-Faraway Blues
12-St. Philip Street Breakdown
13-Milenberg Joys
14-Snag it
15-Lord, Lord, Lord, you sure been good to me
16-Gettysburg March
17-Bye Bye
18-Postman's Lament
CD 2
1-Red Wing
2-Travelling Blues
3-Dippermouth Blues
4-Saturday Night Function
5-Swing Low Sweet Chariot
6-Breeze
7-Moose March
8-Sing On
9-Really the Blues
10-Where the River Shannon Flows
11-Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
12-Gravier Street Blues
13-Over in the Gloryland
14-Tartan Socks
15-Shine
16-Tuxedo Rag
17-My Old Kentucky Home
18-Postman's Lament
19-King Joe
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Ken Colyer
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The long standing British love and fascination with Jazz can almost certainly be traced back to the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in London in 1919, for a tour of Variety Theatres along with a nine month residency at the Hammersmith Palais. The ODJB returned to New York in 1920 leaving behind a fire for jazz that has never been extinguished. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, countless British Bands and Orchestras featured the latest and hottest Jazz tunes coming in from the USA. Top names such as Ambrose, Roy Fox, Jack Hylton and Harry Roy featured Jazz in their Night Club Shows and during their hugely popular BBC Radio broadcasts. A number of American Jazz musicians such as Adrian Rollini and Sylvester Ahola where also ‘imported’ during this era, with their talents being exploited to the full by the local record companies and various Band leaders. Understandably, British musicians drank in all the knowledge they could from these original exponents of Jazz. During this period, the leaders of the post World War 2 British Jazz revival were born and were undoubtedly influenced in their early years by these original Jazz and Big Band musicians both British and American.
Ken Colyer, bandleader, trumpeter, guitarist and vocalist was born in Great Yarmouth in April 1928 and is today regarded as the ‘Father’ of New Orleans Jazz in Britain, being known affectionately as ‘The Guv’nor’. One of the great adventurers, Ken disappeared to New Orleans as you can read in the sleeve notes and joined Chris Barber briefly on his return to the UK, before going on to form his own band. At this period he not only played New Orleans traditional jazz, but was also heavily involved in the skiffle movement. However, the lure of jazz was eventually to prove too strong for Ken and he went on to become one of the four legendary British Jazz bands of the fifties.
This double CD, in contrast to other material on the market, is the definitive collection of Ken Colyer’s best jazz work from the immediate post war period up to 1958. Undoubtedly the greatest
Trad - Jazz period in the UK, this double set, beautifully mastered, will appeal not only to the jazz aficionados, but also to the broader public who still remember the post war years with a nostalgic gleam in their eyes.
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The long standing British love and fascination with Jazz can almost certainly be traced back to the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in London in 1919, for a tour of Variety Theatres along with a nine month residency at the Hammersmith Palais. The ODJB returned to New York in 1920 leaving behind a fire for jazz that has never been extinguished. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, countless British Bands and Orchestras featured the latest and hottest Jazz tunes coming in from the USA. Top names such as Ambrose, Roy Fox, Jack Hylton and Harry Roy featured Jazz in their Night Club Shows and during their hugely popular BBC Radio broadcasts. A number of American Jazz musicians such as Adrian Rollini and Sylvester Ahola where also ‘imported’ during this era, with their talents being exploited to the full by the local record companies and various Band leaders. Understandably, British musicians drank in all the knowledge they could from these original exponents of Jazz. During this period, the leaders of the post World War 2 British Jazz revival were born and were undoubtedly influenced in their early years by these original Jazz and Big Band musicians both British and American.
With a background more than somewhat different to the majority of Jazz musicians, Humphrey Lyttelton has nevertheless succeeded on a grand scale in carving out a huge legacy for himself worldwide as a fine trumpeter, band leader, arranger, author, broadcaster and raconteur. Born at Eton College in 1921, the son of an Eton mater, Lyttelton would later attend the College himself, where he formed a band and purchased his first trumpet in 1936. After Eton he went to Sandhurst, forming a band there and then served in World War 2. After the War, ‘Humph’ began to explore the London Jazz Club scene finally joining George Webb’s Dixielanders in 1947. Lyttelton had been deeply influenced by Louis Armstrong and had learned well, so that, when he began ‘sitting in’ with various bands and musicians after WW2, all who heard were astonished at the ‘Tour de Force’ that ‘Rocked the House’, wherever he played. ‘Humph’ accepted George Webb’s invitation, but by 1948 he was running his own band and had made his 1st recordings for the London Jazz Label. In the following 6 years, Humphrey Lyttelton would lead the ‘Hottest’ British band on the Jazz revival scene achieving massive popularity both in Britain and across Europe.
This double CD, in contrast to other material on the market, is the definitive collection of Humphrey Lyttleton’s best jazz work from the immediate post war period up to 1958. Undoubtedly the greatest Trad - Jazz period in the UK, this double set, beautifully mastered, will appeal not only to the jazz aficionados, but also to the broader public who still remember the post war years with a nostalgic gleam in their eyes.
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CD 1
Kater Street Rag
Cake Walkin' Babies
Victory House Drag
The Thin Red Line
Vox Humana
Farewell Blues
Get out of here and go on Home
Panama
Elizabeth
Salty Dog
Ole Miss Rag
It makes my Love come down
Careless Love
Tailgate
Humph meets Trog
Miss Jenny's Ball
Sleepy Time Down South (Feat. Sidney Bechet)
First of many
Black and Blues (Feat. Sidney Bechet)
Yes Suh !
If you see me comin'
Randolph Turpin Stomp
CD 2
Weary Blues
High Society
Mahogany Hall Stomp
Mezz's Blues
Working Man Blues
Bad Penny Blues
She's crying for me
Sweet and Sour
Pagin' Mr. Fagin
Sugar Rose
It's Mardi Gras
Glad Rag Doll
Skeleton in the Cupboard
Avalon
Dallas Blues
Love, Love, Love
C'est Filon
That's my Home
Echoing the Blues
Lightly and Politely
The Lady in Red
Swing Out
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The long standing British love and fascination with Jazz can almost certainly be traced back to the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in London in 1919, for a tour of Variety Theatres along with a nine month residency at the Hammersmith Palais. The ODJB returned to New York in 1920 leaving behind a fire for jazz that has never been extinguished. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, countless British Bands and Orchestras featured the latest and hottest Jazz tunes coming in from the USA. Top names such as Ambrose, Roy Fox, Jack Hylton and Harry Roy featured Jazz in their Night Club Shows and during their hugely popular BBC Radio broadcasts. A number of American Jazz musicians such as Adrian Rollini and Sylvester Ahola where also ‘imported’ during this era, with their talents being exploited to the full by the local record companies and various Band leaders. Understandably, British musicians drank in all the knowledge they could from these original exponents of Jazz. During this period, the leaders of the post World War 2 British Jazz revival were born and were undoubtedly influenced in their early years by these original Jazz and Big Band musicians both British and American.
Chris Barber was born in Welwyn Garden City in 1930. His early years saw him learning to play forceful, but subtle and highly disciplined trombone, as well as very solid double bass. With a natural ability for composing and arranging, as well as a flair for leadership, Barber formed his first band in 1948, recording early on in 1951 for Carlo Krahmer’s Esquire label as Chris Barber’s Washboard Wonders. In March 1953 Ken Colyer returned from his legendary visit to New Orleans and was offered the leadership of the Barber band, which he accepted. However, this was only due to last a matter of months as Barber and Colyer had a different agenda as to how Jazz should be played and presented. Colyer left and reformed, whilst the band became Chris Barber’s Jazz Band once again, bringing in Pat Halcox on trumpet in 1954. With Monty Sunshine on clarinet, Lonnie Donegan on banjo, guitar and vocals, Jim Bray on bass and Ron Bowden on Drums, this would come to be regarded as the classic Barber Band.
This double CD, in contrast to other material on the market, is the definitive collection of Chris Barber’s best work from the immediate post war period up to 1958. Undoubtedly the greatest
Trad - Jazz period in the UK, this double set, beautifully mastered, will appeal not only to the jazz aficionados, but also to the broader public who still remember the post war years with a nostalgic gleam in their eyes.
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CD 1
Magnolia's Wedding Day
Whistling Rufus
Chime Blues
Petite Fleur
Doin' The Crazy Walk
Baby
Take my Hand Precious Lord (Feat. Lonnie Donegan)
Bugle Call Rag
Wildcat Blues
Saratoga Swing
Brownskin Mama
God leads his dear little Children along
Weeping Willow Blues (Feat. Ottilie Patterson)
Tishomingo Blues
Diga Diga Do
Dixie Cinderella
Hushabye
Merry Down Rag
Bye and Bye
Sweet Savannah Sue
Thriller Rag
Old Rugged Cross
Stevedore Stomp
Bobby Shaftoe
Bourbon Street Parade
CD 2
Tiger Rag
High Society
Lord, you've surely been good to me
Camp Meeting Blues
St. Philip Street Breakdown
New Orleans Blues
The Martinique
Wabash Blues
Going to Town
Shout 'em Aunt Tillie
Original Tuxedo Rag
South
Jail House Blues (Feat. Ottilie Patterson)
White Christmas
Sing on
You Don't Understand
Papa De Da Da
Ice Cream
Blue Sunshine
Whoop it up (as Chris Barber's Washboard Wonders)
Everybody Loves my Baby
Snake Rag (as Chris Barber's New Orleans Jazz Band)
Double Check Stomp
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The long standing British love and fascination with Jazz can almost certainly be traced back to the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in London in 1919, for a tour of Variety Theatres along with a nine month residency at the Hammersmith Palais. The ODJB returned to New York in 1920 leaving behind a fire for jazz that has never been extinguished. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, countless British Bands and Orchestras featured the latest and hottest Jazz tunes coming in from the USA. Top names such as Ambrose, Roy Fox, Jack Hylton and Harry Roy featured Jazz in their Night Club Shows and during their hugely popular BBC Radio broadcasts. A number of American Jazz musicians such as Adrian Rollini and Sylvester Ahola where also ‘imported’ during this era, with their talents being exploited to the full by the local record companies and various Band leaders. Understandably, British musicians drank in all the knowledge they could from these original exponents of Jazz. During this period, the leaders of the post World War 2 British Jazz revival were born and were undoubtedly influenced in their early years by these original Jazz and Big Band musicians both British and American.
In the almost obsessively materialistic world of the 21st Century, it must be hard to imagine how grey life must have been in Britain immediately after World War 2. For those that were around in 1945/6/7, the arrival of George Webb’s Dixielanders and those that followed must have been incredibly exciting. George Webb ‘held Court’ at the Red Barn in Bexleyheath, Kent and it was to this fondly remembered venue that young Jazz Musicians gravitated to hear the Webb band and meet like minded players. It was here that a young Humphrey Lyttelton used to visit to sit in on trumpet, which culminated in him joining the Band. Late in 1947, ‘Humph’ left George Webb to start his own Band, which continues to this day. Much admired as one of the finest trumpeters Britain has ever produced, Lyttelton, a keen follower of Louis Armstrong, followed a traditional Jazz path well into the ‘50’s, before causing something of an outrage, by breaking ranks and moving into a more mainstream style of Jazz. ‘Humph’s career continued to expand and his Jazz band activities were punctuated by his work as a broadcaster, raconteur, author, composer and arranger. Chris Barber formed his first band in 1948 and, by 1951, was making his first records for Esquire. The Barber band built up a good reputation and, in 1953, invited Ken Colyer to front the band, a partnership destined to be short lived, ending in 1954 with Colyer leaving and Pat Holcox replacing him. Along with these 3 giants of the fifties jazz scene this compilation also features work from the fourth Jazz great of the late fifties, Acker Bilk, and many other great names from this era including TERRY LIGHTFOOT, GEORGE MELLY, CY LAURIE, Bobby Mickleburgh’s Bobcats, THE MERSEYSIPPI JAZZ BAND and many others.
This double CD, in contrast to other material on the market, is the definitive collection of Great British Jazz work from the immediate post war period up to 1958. Undoubtedly the greatest Trad - Jazz period in the UK, this double set, beautifully mastered, will appeal not only to the jazz aficionados, but also to the broader public who still remember the post war years with a nostalgic gleam in their eyes.
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CD 1
Forty & Tight - Cy Laurie Jazz Band
Brown Skin Mama - Dave Carey Jazz Band
Over in the Glory Land - Eric Silk & his Southern Jazz
Since my best Girl turned me down - Freddie Randall
East Coast Trot – Humphrey Lyttleton
She's crying for me - The Yorkshire Jazz Band
Livery Stable Blues - Bobby Mickelburgh's Bobcats
Creole Love Call - Crane River Jazz Band
Heebie Jeebies - Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Panama - Terry Lightfoot & his Jazzmen
Blue turning Grey - The Saints Jazz Band
Dr. Jazz - Sandy Brown's Jazz Band
Keeping out of mischief now - Alex Welsh
You've got the right key, but the wrong keyhole - George Melly with Mick Mulligan's Jazz Band
Chicago Buzz - Merseysippi Jazz Band
Gravier Street Blues - Acker Bilk & his Paramount Jazz Band
Stomp off, Let's go - Chris Barber's New Orleans Jazz Band
Royal Garden Blues - Cy Laurie Jazz Band
Shanty in old Shanty Town - Mick Mulligan & his Jazz Band
Boogie Woogie Stomp - The Saints Jazz Band
Chimes Blues - The Yorkshire Jazz Band
Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttleton (Feat. Johhny Parker)
Tiger Rag - Chris Barber's Jazz Band
CD 2
Mahogany Hall Stomp - The Saints Jazz Band
Steamboat Stomp - Cy Laurie Jazz Band
Gatemouth - Eric Silk & his Southern Jazz Band
Misty Morning - Chris Barber's New Orleans Jazz Band
Gettysburg March - Acker Bilk & his Paramount Jazz Band
You always hurt the one you love - Terry Lightfoot & his Jazzmen
Kansas City Kitty - Dave Carey Jazz Band
Ruritanian Blues - Humphrey Lyttleton
Emperor Norton's Hunch - Merseysippi Jazz Band
Struttin' with some Barbecue - Bobby Mickleburgh's Bobcats
Saratoga Swing - Eric Batty's Jazz Aces
Snag It - Mick Mulligan & his Jazz Band
Papa Dip - Ken Colyer's Jazz Band
King Porter Stomp - Sandy Brown's Jazz Band
Savoy Blues - The Yorkshire Jazz Band
Clarinet Blues - Freddy Randall
Chasing the Ace - Eris Silk & his Southern Jazz Band
Organ Grinder Blues - George Melly with Mick Mulligan & his Jazz Band
New Orleans Masquerade - Alex Welsh
Tuxedo Junction - Cy Laurie Jazz Band
Ory's Creole Trombone - The Saints Jazz Band
Petite Fleur - Chris Barber's Jazz Band featuring Monty Sunshine
Bourbon Street Parade/When the Saints go Marching in - Chris Barber's Jazz Band
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