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New from Lake in February 2004 CAT NO: LACD191 ARTIST: MONTY SUNSHINE JAZZ BAND TITLE: SUNSHINE OF YOUR BLUES GENRE: JAZZ TRACK LISTING 1. Tuxedo Rag 2. Do Lord 3. Jacqueline 4. South 5. Saturday Night Function 6. The Sunshine Of Your Blues 7. Gimme A Pigfoot & A Bottle Of Beer 8. Sobbin' & Crying 9. Creole Love Call 10. 1919 Rag 11. Coney Island Washboard 12. Sunshine 13. Down Home Rag 14. Young Woman Blues 15. Cake Walking Babies From Home 16. I Keep Calling Your Name 17. Saratoga Shout 18. Seven of Hearts · One of the legendary figures of British Traditional Jazz being associated with Chris Barber and Ken Colyer · 'Petite Fleur', his million selling hit single feature with the Chris Barber band established his reputation · This CD comprises his first recordings as a bandleader and includes Beryl Bryden, Johnny Parker and Dickie Bishop Monty Sunshine is one of the legends of British Traditional Jazz. He was a founder member of the Crane River Jazz Band alongside Ken Colyer. With Chris Barber he formed a band for Ken Colyer to lead when he returned from New Orleans in 1953 (see LACD190) and when that band split he was part of Chris Barber's Jazz Band (see LACDD141/142). Chris Barber's band has been the most consistently popular traditional jazz band in the UK and Europe. Already established as a popular member of the band Monty sealed his position by being the featured soloist on the Barber Band's hit single 'Petite Fleur' - a number recycled more often than any other recording on Trad Jazz collections. Monty left the Barber band late in 1960 in a blaze of publicity and formed his own band which continued until his ill health a few years ago. There were a few attempts to recreate the success of 'Petite Fleur' and a number of clarinet specialities can be found on this CD include some written by Sidney Bechet, the composer of 'Petite Fleur'. The band tracks reveal an excellent driving band well led by the powerful trumpet playing Rod Mason (then the new kid on the block who is now a successful band leader in Germany). Although Monty's own band never enjoyed the commercial success of the Barber band it enjoyed a consistent and loyal following both in the UK and on the Continent.
CAT NO: LACD192 ARTIST: TERRY LIGHTFOOT'S NEW ORLEANS JAZZMEN TITLE: LIGHTFOOT AT LANSDOWNE GENRE: JAZZ TRACK LISTING 1. Black Bottom Stomp 2. King Kong 3. Riverside Blues 4. Maryland My Maryland 5. Creole Mama 6. Tiger Rag 7. Wild Man Blues 8. I Love Paris 9. Old Man River 10. Isle Of Capri 11. Top Gear 12. Dardanella 13. Creole Love Call 14. Streets Of Antibes 15. Rocking Chair 16. Coffee Grinder 17. Bali Hai 18. Taint What You Do · In the 1960s Terry Lightfoot regularly topped the Melody Maker poll as top clarinet player · The word 'Trad' which has come to define a certain style of British Jazz was coined for the title of a Terry Lightfoot record · The Lightfoot band had a whole string of top line players in its ranks and the line-up on this CD includes Dicky Hawdon and Roy Williams Terry Lightfoot (available for interview via Singsong PR) formed his first band in 1956 (see LACD158) and many top players, and later band leaders, passed through its ranks including Kenny Ball, Alan Elsdon, the legendary Sonny Morris, Graeme Bell, and Cream's Ginger Baker. Although he had previously been a member of Chris Barber's amateur band and the Yorkshire Jazz Band, the trumpeter on these recordings, Dicky Hawdon, caused a stir by joining the Lightfoot band because he had been playing more modern styles of jazz alongside Johhny Dankworth and Tubby Hayes by 1961. Trombonist, Roy Williams was a burgeoning talent and his period with the Lightfoot band was just prior to him joining the Alex Welsh band and seriously establishing himself as a world class trombonist - a position he holds today.
Terry Lightfoot himself is a fluent and articulate
player. His band was immensely popular as is borne out by the fact that they
released 10 singles and 5 LPs in a four year period from 1960 to 1964 (roughly
the same as the chart-topping Acker Bilk band). The Lightfoot band produced
accessible, swinging traditional jazz, to a high standard and with eye on
the commercial market. Terry Lightfoot still leads a popular band today which
pulls in audiences all over the UK with a reputation which was built on
recordings such as this in the 1960s.
Contacts: Peter Muir tel 01296 715228 peter@singsongpr.biz Pat Tynan on 01895 636935 pat@singsongpr.biz |
