Label:
Universal – 064 749-1
Series:
Impressed Re-pressed –
Format:
2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation / Country: UK / Released: 2002
Style:
Modern Jazz, Modal, Big Band, Free Improvisation
Compilation
/ rare, classic & unique modern jazz from Britain 1963-1974.
Compiled
By – Gilles Peterson
Executive
Producer – Tony Higgins
Mastered
By – Peter Dennett
Sleeve
Notes – Tony Higgins
Track
C2 is a bonus track on this vinyl release.
Matrix
/ Runout (Runout (Etched) Side 1): 064 749-1 A1
Matrix
/ Runout (Runout (Etched) Side 2): 064 749-1 B
Matrix
/ Runout (Runout (Etched) Side 1): 064 750-1 C2
Matrix
/ Runout (Runout (Etched) Side 2): 064 750-1 D
A1
- Michael Garrick Trio – First Born .......................................................................
4:12
Bass
– Dave Green
Drums
– Trevor Tomkins
Piano
– Michael Garrick
A2
- Joe Harriott & Amancio D'Silva Quartet – Jaipur ...............................................
8:07
Bass
– Dave Green
Drums
– Bryan Spring
Guitar
– Amancio D'Silva
Tenor
Saxophone – Joe Harriott
Trumpet
– Ian Carr
Vocals
– Norma Winstone
A3
- Ronnie Ross – Cleopatra's Needle ...................................................................
5:45
Baritone
Saxophone – Ronnie Ross
Bass
– Spike Heatly
Drums
– Ronnie Stephenson
Piano
– Bill Le Sage
Tenor
Saxophone – Art Elefson
Trumpet
– Les Condon
B1
- The Tubby Hayes Quintet – Down In The Village ..........................................
10:06
Bass
– Freddy Logan
Drums
– Allan Ganley
Piano
– Gordon Beck
Tenor
Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Tubby Hayes
Trumpet
– Jimmy Deuchar
B2
- Harry Beckett – Rolli's Tune ..............................................................................
6:19
Bass
– Chris Laurence
Drums
– John Webb
Piano
– John Taylor
Soprano
Saxophone – John Surman
Tenor
Saxophone – Alan Skidmore
Trumpet
– Harry Beckett
Vibraphone – Frank Ricotti
Vibraphone – Frank Ricotti
C1
- The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet – Black Marigolds ...................................
13:32
Bass
– Dave Green
Drums
– Trevor Tomkins
Piano
– Michael Garrick
Tenor
Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone,
Flute
– Don Rendell
Trumpet,
Flugelhorn – Ian Carr
C2
- The Mike Westbrook Concert Band – Original Peter ........................................
8:00
Alto
Saxophone – Mike Osborne
Bass
– Harry Miller
Drums
– Alan Jackson
Guitar
– Chris Spedding
Piano
– Mike Westbrook
Tenor
Saxophone – George Khan
Trumpet
– Paul Rutherford
Vocals
– Norma Winstone
D1
- Graham Collier Sextet – Lullaby For A Lonely Child .......................................
5:40
Alto
Saxophone – Stan Sulzamn
Bass
– Graham Collier
Drums
– John Marshall
Piano,
Oboe – Karl Jenkins
Trombone
– Nick Evans
D2
- The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet – Dusk Fire .............................................
12:22
Bass
– Dave Green
Drums
– Trevor Tomkins
Piano
– Michael Garrick
Tenor
Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute
– Don Rendell
Trumpet,
Flugelhorn – Ian Carr
“Information”
as to which tracks are on which of the four sides of vinyl is conspicuously
absent. Apparently, information is old fashioned, nowadays you are lucky to
know who’s album it is. You have to ask, then why tell us which record number
and side number it is? There’s the tell. Information does matter, that white
space is a modern conceit. Well, that’s how I read it.
Or
can’t.
On
first site, this is a strange album; the cover design has a large thumbprint on
a white background, with a piece of brown tape stuck on it giving the title and
the name Gilles Peterson. I have to confess it meant nothing to me and I
wondered whether my editor had sent it to the wrong reviewer! What a pleasant
surprise I had, the LP contains the music I grew up with. As an avid visitor to
The Marquee, The Flamingo Club and Ronnie’s Old Place in London, what a delight
to hear again the bands which were also presented in the Midlands, where I
live, by the Late Harry Flick.
I
find today’s jazz scene nothing like as stimulating as those times, there were
weekly sessions in Coventry and most other cities, where the musicians and
bands heard on this record performed to packed enthusiastic audiences.
On
the LP we realise just what a golden era the sixties and early seventies was
for jazz in the UK. The talents of the musicians on display are astonishing for
that time, or should I say, someone who did not know of them, should prepare to
be astonished. Michael Garrick has always had a good band and he is a very fine
pianist, the likes of Joe Harriott would surely have been an international jazz
figure if he had chosen the USA instead of the UK to move to from his native
Jamaica.
Ronnie
Ross must surely be the finest baritone player the UK has produced and Tubby
Hayes, I am amazed at the number of local musicians who are digging around in
record shops trying to find anything Tubby recorded. The example on this
record, with the superb Jimmy Deuchar on trumpet is one of the best and is
worth the price of the record on it’s own!
Don
Rendell I count as a friend, even though I have not seen him for a while, his
contribution to the UK jazz scene has been immense. He was a founder member of
the Johnny Dankworth Seven and has worked tirelessly in the cause of British
jazz. In more recent times, as well as performing up and down the country, he
has also been teaching in a London University, helping along a new generation
of jazz musicians. As Gilles Peterson says, Black marigold as another superb
track featuring Don, with trumpet player Ian Carr.
If
you are from the era, you will love this record, if you came in later, listen
to it and be prepared to be surprised at what you hear, A volume two is
mentioned, lets hope it comes out soon.
(Review
by Don Mather)
If
you find it, buy this album!
