[Dixielandjazz] Review of CDs on British trad revival

[Marek Boym]

Hello Charles and all,
I addition to the albums reviewed, Lake Records have an 8 CD series
"British Traditional Jazz At a Tangent."  I have only volume 3, as all the
others cut through my record collection; bought it in Keswick in 2015,
together with "The Al Fairweather Collection 1953-1957" and some other,
newer albums.  Paul Adams of the Lake Records had a stand in one of the
festival venues.
The 2015 Keswick Jazz Festival was a good one (I mentioned it on the list
upon my return home), and it's still going strong!
Cheers

On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 00:35, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:

> Many of you might know this, but just in case, here's the Scott Yanow
> review of a 5-CD set on the trad revival in the Feb. issue of Syncopated
> Times. If the graphic doesn't get through, try the ST online site.
> http://syncopatedtimes.com
>
> Charles
>
>
>    - INDIVIDUAL REVIEWS  <https://syncopatedtimes.com/individual-reviews/>
>
> The Great Revival 1949-58By Scott Yanow
> <https://syncopatedtimes.com/author/scott-yanow/>2 weeks ago
>
>
> <https://www.propermusic.com/shop/Fellside/view/19881-various-artists-great-revival-volume-3-traditional-jazz-1949-58>
>
>
> <https://www.propermusic.com/shop/Fellside/view/19881-various-artists-great-revival-volume-3-traditional-jazz-1949-58>Among
> his many projects for his Lake label, years ago Paul Adams acquired and
> reissued most of the British trad jazz recordings that were originally put
> out by the Esquire label including the five CDs in his *Delving Back* series
> and the five CDs covered here in a series titled *The Great Revival:
> Traditional Jazz 1949-58*.
>
> Each of the latter features several bands from the prime years of the
> British trad movement, providing early glimpses at some major names along
> with sessions by forgotten but worthy bands of the period. In exploring the
> British trad boom of the 1950s, one is struck by the sheer quantity of
> excellent (if sometimes now-obscure) recordings, and the variety which
> ranges from 1920s jazz and Chicago-style Dixieland dates to small-group
> swing and sessions that are closer to the music of Bunk Johnson and George
> Lewis.
>
> Vol. 1 in this series focuses on Bobby Mickleburgh’s Bobcats, the Tony
> Short Trio, Cy Laurie, and the Christie Brothers Stompers. Mickleburgh was
> an exuberant trumpeter who leads a hard-driving sextet, pianist Short
> performs two numbers with a trio that includes clarinetist Pip Gaskell, the
> Johnny Dodds-inspired clarinetist Laurie is featured with two different
> groups (including rare titles from 1951 with a quartet that includes
> trumpeter Les Jowett), and the Christie Brothers Stompers (also from 1951)
> is represented by eight somewhat ragged ensemble-oriented numbers with the
> future star Ken Colyer on trumpet.
>
> Vol. 2 has a variety of exciting numbers from clarinetist Brian Woolley’s
> Jazzmen, two more hot sessions from Mickleburgh’s Bobcats, four selections
> by cornetist Mick Gill’s Jazz Band, a version of “Eh La Bas” from the Crane
> River Jazz Band (which includes Colyer and clarinetist Monty Sunshine), and
> clarinetist Acker Bilk’s first studio session as a leader, a primitive set
> from 1955.
>
> Vol. 3 has two more sessions by Bobby Mickleburgh’s Bobcats but one with
> the leader switching effectively to trombone. Also included are dates that
> give listeners early glimpses into the playing of clarinetist Sandy Brown,
> trumpeter Kenny Ball (on two numbers led by veteran trombonist George
> Chisholm), cornetist Humphrey Lyttelton (“Panama” from 1949), and cornetist
> Mike Daniels’ Delta Jazzmen.
>
> Vol. 4 starts out with a particularly well-conceived session by trumpeter
> Les Jowett’s Jazz Seven that has inventive frameworks and very individual
> soloists. Also included are the first two studio sessions of the
> still-active trombonist Chris Barber along with spirited sets by the Second
> City Jazzmen and the Merseysippi Jazz Band.
>
> Vol. 5 is one of the strongest CDs in the series with Kenny Ball heard on
> his first studio recordings as a leader, and early titles from singer
> George Melly, clarinetist Terry Lightfoot, Acker Bilk, and Chris Barber.
>
> Because the Lake label has stopped releasing new sets, now is the time to
> fully explore that label’s impressive output before *The Great
> Revival 1949-58*series and other CDs in their catalog become scarce.
>
> The Great Revival Vol. 1 (Lake 134, 23 selections, TT = 76:51)
> <https://www.propermusic.com/shop/Fellside/view/19900-various-artists-the-great-revival-traditional-jazz-1951-1957>
> The Great Revival Vol. 2 (Lake 135, 24 selections, TT = 78:59)
> <https://www.propermusic.com/shop/Fellside/view/19880-various-artists-great-revival-vol-2-traditional-jazz-1949-58>
> The Great Revival Vol. 3 (Lake 136, 20 selections, TT = 75:15)
> <https://www.propermusic.com/shop/Fellside/view/19881-various-artists-great-revival-volume-3-traditional-jazz-1949-58>
> The Great Revival Vol. 4  (Lake 137, 19 selections, TT = 76:48)
> <https://www.propermusic.com/shop/Fellside/view/19882-various-artists-great-revival-volume-4-traditional-jazz-1949-58>
> The Great Revival Vol. 5  (Lake 158, 23 selections, TT = 66:18)
> <https://www.propermusic.com/shop/Fellside/view/19879-various-artists-the-great-revival-vol-1-traditional-jazz-1949-58>
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