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Selection 1: Once Apon A Time . . . . (Surman) 7:07 . . . Selection2: Old San Juan (long – Christmas Bonus!) . . . I ripped both tracks but could not decide which to make the selection. So … Continue reading
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 Remember double-bill movie nights? The Teenage Werewolf meets Curse of The Mummy’s Tomb? LJC brings you a rare “double bill” post, celebrating British Jazz from the golden era with a historic recording from 1963 and a reissue from 1971. … Continue reading
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Selection 1: Antibes (10:24) . . . Comparison: Antibes (from Space Walk, Lansdowne Studios, Columbia Magic Notes, December 1970) . . . Bonus Selection 2: Euphrates (12:30) . . . Tracklist A1. On The Way     8:00A2. … Continue reading
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Selection: Pastoral – Awakening (Westbrook/ Surman) 13:12 . . . Tracklist: A1. Pastoral 02:41 A2. Awakening 10:31 A3. Parade 07:56 A4. Echoes and Heroics 00:17 B1. A Greeting 05:40 B2. Image 06:38 B3. Dirge 04:14 B4. Portrait 07:32 First two … Continue reading
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Selections: brought to you direct from vinyl, via Avid Acutus Reference TT, SME arm, Dynavector TKR cart, custom-built valve pre and power amp, final stage tape out to Citrix DAC/ upload to WordPress embedded player at 320kbps. Sounds pretty good … Continue reading
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Selection: Waltz (Alan Wakeman) . . . Tracklist A1. Becclesology (Rendell)   12:05A2. Devon Dance (Rendell)   11.41B3. Waltz (Wakeman)  8:34B4. It Could’ve Happened to You (Wakeman) 8:05B5. Unicorn (Saberton)   9:11 Artists Don Rendell, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute; … Continue reading
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Selection: B2. Penta-gone (Rendell) . . . The song-title, British jazz much-loved play on words: a well known US military headquarters, and a mischievous piece in 5/4 time. Artists Steve Cook, bass, bass guitar; Don Rendell, clarinet, flute, flute [alto], … Continue reading
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Selection 1: (previously posted from British Jazz Explosion compilation) : Hum Dono (D’Silva) . . . Selection 2: N.N.N.T (D’Silva) . . . Internet search for the initials “N.N.N.T.” draws a complete blank. What could they signify? “Hum Dono” translates … Continue reading
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 Selection B2: Happy Feet (Yellen, Ager) 3:05 . . . Selection A2: Cherry Blue (Bill Le Sage) 3:21 . . . Track List A1. St. Thomas (Rollins) 3:51A2. Cherry Blue (B Le Sage) 3:21A3. A Bench In The Park … Continue reading
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This year, I’m celebrating a British Jazz Christmas, complete with a cheesy Christmas jumper, and a glass of sherry. We’ve seen a vintage jazz vinyl revival here in the UK this year, albeit slow, not quite the pace of Blue … Continue reading
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Selection: Tanglewood 63 (Gibbs) . . . Selection: Sojourn (Gibbs) . . . Track List A1 Tanglewood 63A2 FanfareA3 SojournB1 CanticleB2 Five For England Artists Musical Director – Michael Gibbs as composer/arranger Jeff Clyne, acoustic bass;  Alan Ford, Fred Alexander, cello; Clive … Continue reading
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More British Progressive Modern Jazz from the early 1970s, as always, original first pressing. Selection: The Dandelion (incorrectly listed on the back cover as “We’ll Make It”) . . . Track List A1 With Terry’s Help 5:56A2 The Dandelion 6:10 … Continue reading
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Selection:  Barley Mow . . .    2 Lullaby For A Lonely Child . . . The selection would have been Danish Blue but for the sad fact that it has a scratch through Harry Beckett’s solo. The record’s original … Continue reading
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MID-WEEK MUSIC SPOT: Modern Jazz in Britain 1965-72 LJC change of process: this is a 2xLP sampler, so I have taken a sample of the samples Sounds fair, no? True to my mission: searching for original first pressings, because they … Continue reading
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UPDATED with Youtube uploads of a potpourri of other tracks Selection: Kingside Breakthrough (Wakeman) . . . Audio note: As I am not currently able to access vinyl, the above selection is a 320kb MP3 reduction, from a 16-bit WAV … Continue reading
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Selection: Theme 6, Ensemble,Tenor solo and Tenor Cadenza, duet . . . Artists Graham Collier, leader, bass; Harry Beckett, trumpet; Geoff Castle, piano; Alan Wakemen, tenor/soprano sax; Bob Sydor, tenor/alto sax; John Webb, drums; recorded live at The Torrington, Lodge … Continue reading
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Too much British Jazz? Time To Go Home. But is home US, or Japan? Selection: Vienna (C.Jordan) (long! 17:10) . . . Artists Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone; Hank Jones, Piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Freddie Waits, drums; recorded July 25, 1978. … Continue reading
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Suspicious plain package arrives by courier for LJC, driver speeds away. Bomb squad put on standby. Shortly afterwards, British Jazz Explosion follows. Opening the package revealed a red sealed box with carefully taped edges, inside, tightly packed with eleven replica … Continue reading
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Selection: Mirage (Rendell) . . . Everyone raves about the Michael Garrick composition “Cold Mountain”, which is apparently based on the structure of an Indian raga. Indo-Jazz fusion was big in the late -60s, Joe Harriott and Don Rendell were … Continue reading
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Selection 1: Bag of Chris (Karan) . . . Artists Dudley Moore, piano; Chris Karan (Chrisostomos Karanikis), drums, tablas; Jeff Clyne, Bass. Recording engineer George Chkiantz Chkiantz’s prime territory was ’70s guitar-based rock and prog-rock: Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love) … Continue reading
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Selection: Antibes (Rendell) . . . Artists Don Rendell: clarinet, flute, soprano and tenor sax; Stan Robinson: clarinet, flute, tenor sax; Peter Shade: flute, vibraphone; Jack Thorncroft: bass; Trevor Tomkins: drums. Recorded Lansdowne Studios, Holland Park, December 16th, 1970, recording … Continue reading
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Having finished the year on a Blue Note high, it is now 2019, and LJC is off at a tangent again, on a lost gem from British jazz in the ’60s, which by a strange turn of events … Continue reading
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Selection: Shades of Blue (Neil Ardley) . . . Artists Dave Green, bass; Trevor Tomkins, drums;Â Colin Purbrook, piano; Don Rendell, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone;Â Ian Carr, trumpet, flugelhorn; recorded London, October 1 –Â 2, 1964 Music All-Music sets the scene: “There are … Continue reading
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’60s British Jazz Alert! Queen’s English courtesy of Google Translate. Selection: Crumblin’ Cookie . . . Artists Graham Collier: bass, arrangements; Dave Aaron, alto saxophone, flute; Karl Jenkins, baritone saxophone, oboe; John Marshall, drums; Philip Lee, guitar; Michael Gibbs, trombone; trumpet, flugelhorn, Harry Beckett … Continue reading
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To continue the theme of British Jazz, now expanded to 1963-74, the second double album compiled by DJ of French origin, Gilles Peterson, Impressed 2 released on vinyl in 2004. Nice cover segue, with a second thumb print, it’s all … Continue reading
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