Various Artists Be Bop in Britain - Vol 1 and 2
Bop-In' Britain The Learning Curve Volume 1
Label : Jasmine
Release Date: 1 June 2003
Format : [email protected]
The new changes in jazz improvisation in America, coming under the somewhat unedifying nomenclature of bebop, permeated rather slowly into the British jazz scene during the mid 1940s, partly because most of the more jazz-influenced big bands of the time were wary of its potential and longevity. Equally though was the telling fact that in those days what we now take for granted of American jazz groups working in Britain, and vice-versa, was unheard of, due to the counter-productive blockage on the exchange of British and American musicians by their respective Unions.
A compilation of very early British Modern Jazz from some very obscure labels such as Bosworth and Paxton with other tracks coming from Decca and Melodisc. All were originally on 78 rpm discs recorded between 1949 and 1951 and were transferred to CD for re-issue.
Tracklist:
BOSWORTH MODERN JAZZ GROUP
Freddy Gardner - tenor
Johnny Douglas - accordion
Howard Lucraft - guitar
Steve Race - piano
Mickey Rome - bass
Roy Cooper – drums
Recorded London 14 March 1949
01 Rebop Rebels
02 Quintessence
03 Boppin' the Boogie
04 Baltimore Bop
STEVE RACE GROUP
Leon Calvert - trumpet
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Steve Race - piano
Pete Chilver - guitar
Jack Fallon - bass
Norman Burns – drums
Recorded 31 August 1949
05 Vertigo
06 Marzipan
07 Bugle Call Bop
08 Microcosmo
ALAN DEAN'S BEBOPPERS
Reg Arnold - trumpet
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Bernie Fenton - piano
Joe Muddel - bass
Laurie Morgan - drums
Alan Dean - vocal
Recorded 29 April 1949
09 Gone with the Windmill (Take 1)
10 Gone with the Windmill (Take 2)
11 Barbados
12 Elevenses
13 Ool-Ya-Koo
JOHNNY DANKWORTH SEVEN
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Eddie Harvey - trombone
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Don Rendell - tenor
Bill Le Sage - piano
Joe Muddel - bass
Tony Kinsey – drums
Recorded 18 May 1950
14 Lightly Politely
15 Strike Up the Band
16 Marmaduke
17 Little Benny
RALPH SHARON SEXTET
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Victor Feldman - vibes
Ralph Sharon - piano
Pete Chilver - guitar
Jack Fallon - bass
Martin Aston – drums
Recorded 27 March 1950
18 Burman's Bauble
19 Boptical Illusion
TOMMY WHITTLE QUARTET
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Ronnie Ball - piano
Frank Donnison - bass
Tony Kinsey – drums
Recorded 13 September 1951
20 All the Things You Are
21 Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
TOMMY WHITTLE SEPTET
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Roy Willox - alto
Tommy Whittle - tenor
George Hunter - baritone
Frank Horrox - piano
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Ronnie Verrall – drums
Recorded 23 October 1951
22 Wit's End
23 Portland Place
24 Sam's Say
25 Night and Day
Bop-In' Britain Volume 2
Label : Jasmine
Released: 1 June 2003
Format : [email protected]
Volume I of Bop-In' Britain showed, in general terms, the almost surreptitious way in which the new trend in American jazz permeated our consciousness; the younger musicians, in the main, taking to it like the proverbial duck/water whilst the majority of the established bands men and/or swing musicians were far more cautious. This album, in continuing the story, shows that by the early 1950s, in spite of what was now little more than passive resistance from the earlier musical generation and, of course, the very vocal but ridiculous Trad-v-Modern lobby of those days, a growing number of working and highly articulate young musicians were showing that bebop had become their natural mode of jazz expression.
Tracklist :
VICTOR FELDMAN ALL STARS
Jimmy Deuchar (tp
Ken Wray (tb)
Derek Humble (as)
Harry Klein (bs)
Victor Feldman (vib)
Stan Tracey (p)
Lennie Bush (b)
Martin Ashton (d)
plus other rhythm.
Recorded London 3 March 1952
01 Lullaby in Rhythm
02 Serenity
03 Just Friends
04 Euphony
ARNOLD ROSS QUINTET/TRIO
Jimmy Deuchar (tp)
Tommy Whittle (ts)
Arnold Ross (p)
Joe Benjamin (b)
Jack Parnell/Tony Kinsey (d).
Recorded London 13 June 1952
05 Janie
06 Darn That Dream
07 Speechless
08 Twelve to Four
ARNOLD ROSS SEXTET
Ronnie Scott (ts)
Derek Humble (as)
Jimmy Deuchar (tp)
Arnold Ross (p)
Sammy Stokes (b)
Jack Parnell (d).
Recorded London 3 August 1952
09 The Champ
10 All the Things You Are
11 Once in a While
12 These Foolish Things
13 Nice Work If You Can Get It
VIC ASH ALL STARS
Vic Ash (cl)
Gerry McLoughlin (vib)
Derek Smith (p)
Johnny Hawksworth (b)
Allan Ganley (d).
Recorded London 16 February 1954
14 Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
15 Ain't Misbehavin'
16 Blue Room
17 Lullaby of the Leaves
JOE HARRIOTT QUARTET
Joe Harriott (as)
Dill Jones (p)
Jack Fallon (b)
Phil Seamen (d).
Recorded London February 1954
18 Summertime
19 April in Paris
20 Cherokee
21 Out of Nowhere
TONY HALL'S HALL-STARS
Jo Hunter (tp)
Joe Temperley (ts)
Kenny Napper (p)
Sammy Stokes (b)
Phil Seamen (d).
Recorded London January 1954
22 Hi-Ya Mr Jackson
23 Spaceship
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