[Dixielandjazz] Review of CDs on British trad revival

Thu Feb 14 10:35:45 EST 2019

Paul's series, always in very good sound quality, are invaluable in 
making thework of long-gone bands like the Merseysippi Jazz Band, Freddy 
Randall, Alex Welsh and so on, available at a time when demand for such 
music is failing fast in the general public. Paul is a delightful 
fellow, very well up on jazz, and we often talk on the phone,often, to 
my shame, for more than an hour at a time.

On 14/02/2019 15:22, Marek Boym wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 1949-58
>
>     By Scott Yanow <https://syncopatedtimes.com/author/scott-yanow/>2
>     weeks ago
>
>     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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