It’s been an exciting year here at Upbeat - we have bought the American jazz
label Jazz Crusade which has over 130 titles of New Orleans and Traditional jazz,
as you might have read in the jazz press. We have distributed the label in the UK
for many years, but are delighted to have brought it under the Upbeat umbrella!
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On the practical side, we’ve made our on-line shop more user friendly and we’ve
also added the option to pay via PayPal - I hope you will find this helpful!
2017
In addition, we have lots of new releases and special offers which we are sure
you will enjoy! Here’s to 2017 - keep jazzin’!
Liz Biddle
JACK TEAGARDEN & EARL HINES
ALL STARS in Concert at Manchester
Free Trade Hall 1957 NEW!
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URCD258 1 CD £12.99
These rare recordings come from a UK tour made by this
specially assembled group in October 1957, presented by The
National Jazz Federation. With the obvious exception of Max
Kaminsky, every musician had previously been a member of
Louis Armstrong’s All Stars and the promoters thought they
would appeal to the British public in the same way Satchmo
himself had on his first post-war visit the previous year. The
rapturous audience clearly loves it all. A valuable souvenir
of a memorable occasion.
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URCD25
NEW!
NEW!
NEW!
NEW!
KEN COLYER – Recently
Discovered Late Colyer
ROGER MARKS in RETROSPECT
– Marks Out Of Twenty
TERRY LIGHTFOOT IN
RETROSPECT
KID THOMAS VALENTINE –
Same old Soupbone
URCD271 1 CD £12.99
URCD270 1 CD £12.99
URCD269 1 CD £12.99
JCCD3001 1 CD £12.99
This live session features some of the
finest late Colyer where he fronts a
talented line-up which reunited him with
two key musicians from his ‘classic’ 50s
line-up: Ray Foxley and Colin Bowden. It
is also one of the few occasions where
he uses a tenor sax played by George
Berry, who blows fluent clarinet for the
rest of the gig. Ken himself is on inspired
creative form here.
Roger Marks has toured Britain and
Europe extensively for 25 years
appearing repeatedly at the majority
of the jazz clubs and festivals. They
have enjoyed great popularity with
the public and critics alike, receiving
generous air-play on BBC Radio. Here
we present 16 terrific tracks across
the genres of jazz including New
Orleans, Dixieland and Mainstream
recorded between April 1990 to
February 2011 & including tracks
from The Armada Jazz Band, The
Mainstreamers and some rare duet
collaborations.
The second in our series celebrating
great British jazzmen. Originally
released as Stardust in 1990 this
CD shows why Terry’s name has
been synonymous with quality
of sound and presentation. The
band’s versatility and wide range of
repertoire plus good arrangements
& tight ensemble show this to be
a band with fine soloists within its
ranks! This CD is recommended for its
eclectic range of tunes and vigorous
and very polished Traditional/
Mainstream jazz performances. John
Keen Just Jazz.
Long awaited re-issue of this popular
favourite. What you hear on this
album will transport you back to a
bright, sunny day in October 1968
with Kid Thomas and his Algiers
Stompers on top form. The music is
vintage and the line-up perfect. The
Kid is joined by Louis Nelson, Manny
Paul, Charlie Hamilton, Joe ‘Twat’
Butler and Sammy Penn.
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LAKE
CHRIS BARBER’S JAZZ BAND – Back in Berlin 1960
THE JAKE LEG JUG BAND – Everythin’s Jake
LACD346 2 CDs £12.99
LACD340 1CD £12.99
‘Barber In Berlin’ is one of the most popular albums in Chris
Barber’s discography. Almost exactly a year later the band
was back in Berlin. No-one can remember the concert
being recorded, but in 2015 a set of tapes appeared and
this is the resulting CD. The band is on cracking form with
solo turns from all the favourites, Monty Sunshine, Pat
Halcox, the leader himself and, of course, Ottilie Patterson.
With their good humour, attention to detail and varied
repertoire the JLJB have built up a considerable following
in just over two years. This is their second CD for LAKE and
it was their previous one (LACD330) which propelled them
from obscurity to being very much in demand in both
Jazz Clubs and Folk Clubs the length and breadth of the
UK. Blues & Rhythm magazine said that their music had a
“knockabout, good-time feel” which just about sums it up!
NEW!
REMEMBERING STEVE LANE
NEW!
OTTILIE PATTERSON – Blues Book and Beyond
LACD347 1 CD £12.99
Steve Lane is one of the unsung heroes of British Traditional
Jazz. Trumpeter Lane formed his first band in 1949 and
remained doggedly loyal to the Classic style of Jazz typified
by King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton in
the 1920s. Steve remained semi-professional all his life,
but was highly respected as a mentor to many aspiring Jazz
musicians. In addition to playing Steve also ran three record
labels, VJM, Halcyon and Azure. This compilation includes
tracks with the Southern Stompers and 5 tracks by the VJM
Washboard Band.
LACD296 1 CD £12.99
NEW!
ANDY SCHUMM & ENRICO TOMASSO - When Louis met Bix
LACD345 1 CD £12.99
Reputedly there was a jam session which took place
in 1928 when Louis Armstrong was passing through
Chicago and Bix Beiderbecke was playing there. They
met for an afterhours session. The two were then young
men at the peak of their powers. We have imagined that
session and two of the world’s leading exponents of the
styles - Enrico (Louis) and Andy (Bix) - come together
to bring it alive with the help of other leading players of
vintage Jazz, including ‘Spats’ Langham, Malcolm Sked
and Nicholas D. Ball. This is ‘hot’ Jazz at its best!
New Orleans to London & Back to the Delta – KEN
COLYER 1953-54
LACD209 1 CD £12.99
Classic Recordings from 1953 and 1954 featuring Chris
Barber, Monty Sunshine, Lonnie Donegan and Acker Bilk.
Originally issued as LACD14 this re-issue includes the first
UK issue of rare alternate ‘Delta’ sides.
NEW!
ALEX WELSH & Friends
REMEMBERING MONTY SUNSHINE
LACD295 1 CD £12.99
The wonderful Alex Welsh Band and Alex’s friends are
guitarist Diz Disley, trombonist George Chisholm, singer
Beryl Bryden and bass saxophonist Harry Gold. All legends
of British Jazz. The set is of previously unreleased ‘live’
material and very well recorded. Several of the tunes Alex
never recorded commercially. These recordings from 19581960 find the band & friends on exceptionally fine form!
LACD344 2 CDs £12.99
Monty Sunshine was a British Trad great – he was in the
legendary Crane River Jazz Band, in Ken Colyer’s first
Band and also in Chris Barber’s Jazz Band throughout the
1950s and was the soloist on Petite Fleur. He also ran his
own band from 1961 into the 2000s. This compilation
has rare and previously unissued tracks alongside many
commercially available tracks by Monty & features Ken
Colyer, Chris Barber, Charlie Galbraith, Beryl Bryden and
Johnny Parker.
The original album Blues Book & Beyond is classic blues, R
‘n’ B material and a couple of her original compositions,
enhanced with previously unreleased tracks - 4 from Ottilie
Swings the Irish EP - and 3 which had limited release. 23
tracks including Bad Spell Blues and Kansas City Blues.
NEW!
KEN COLYER 1957-58 Lonesome Road
LACD267 2 CDs £12.99
FREDDIE RANDALL – Before & After
A perennial favourite collection of significant recordings
made by Ken Colyer in the years 1957 and 1958. Includes
the rare Hamburg concert by the Jazzmen and Skiffle Group,
the EP ‘They All Played Ragtime’, the equally rare ‘live’ set
which was re-recorded as ‘Colyer Plays Standards’ and the
only recording of the Omega Brass Band ever issued.
LACD343 1 CD £12.99
Freddy Randall was one of the legends of British Jazz. A
fiery trumpeter who followed the Chicago/Dixieland route
and, until Alex Welsh established his band, led the finest
band of its type in the UK. This CD comprises the last set
of recordings he made with his own band in 1957 and a set
recorded under the name of Britain’s Greatest Jazz Band
in 1972. Both bands contained top class musicians and
included on the CD are Dave Shepherd, George Chisholm,
Brian Lemon, Al Gay, Pete Hodge, Gerry Salisbury, Kenny
Baldock, Syd Boatman, Johnny Richardson and Buzz Green.
BRITISH TRADITIONAL JAZZ AT A TANGENT SERIES
NEW!
BIX OFF THE RECORD – Recreations of Unrecorded
Performances
LACD339 1 CD £12.99
Another in the Vintage Recording Project series - a CD of
the music of Bix Beiderbecke - a look at the tunes we know
Bix played but never recorded and some tunes current at
the time which he might have played. The result turned out
to be hugely satisfying with some top-notch playing: Andy
Schumm is one of the finest interpreters of Bix’s music today
& he is joined by Kristoffer Kompen, Mauro Porro, David
Boeddinghaus, Frans Sjöström & Josh Duffee.
NEW!
All Single CDs @ £12.99 each OR LACD700 buy all 7 for £75
OR LACD701 Volumes 1-4 for £44 LACD702 Volumes 5-7 for £33
LACD316 At A Tangent Volume 1 – Breaking
the Mould – Christie Brothers Stompers, Kenny
Baker’s Half Dozen, Pat Hawes, Dave Berry,
Tony Coe & more. LACD317 At A Tangent
Volume 2 – Trad Style – Diz Disley, Bruce Turner,
Alex Korner, The Temperance Seven, George
Chisholm & more. LACD318 At A Tangent
Volume 3 – Out of the Limelight – Graham
Stewart, Bobby Mickleburgh’s Bobcats, Erik
Silk’s Southern Jazzband & more. LACD327
At A Tangent Volume 4 – The Territory Bands
– Bands that operated in the regions outside
London including The Gateway Jazz Band and
Archie Semple’s Capitol Jazzmen. LACD328 At
A Tangent Volume 5 – The Second Line – Bands
that secured major record deals such as Mike
Cotton, Gerry Brown, Avon Cities Jazz Band and
more. LACD335 At A Tangent Volume 6 – The
Classic Style Bands –followers of Clarence
Williams and King Oliver path rather than New
Orleans or Trad including Mike Daniels and
Steve Lane. LACD341 At A Tangent Volume 7 –
Chicago-Dixieland Style Bands – Mickelburgh,
Gold, Semple & more.
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LAKE
British Traditional Jazz – A Potted History
CHRIS BARBER COLLECTION
LACD300 3 CDs £12.99
LACD325 1961-1962 LACD324 1959-1960 Double CDs @ £12.99 each
LACD332 The 1970s Single CD @ £12.99 OR LACD502 All 3 for £33
From the LAKE Year Series of Chris Barber retrospective,
here covering 1959 – 1962 over three CDs. They include
a number of EPs, singles and some previously unreleased
items. Personnel include Monty Sunshine, Pat Halcox and
Ottilie Patterson. Chris Barber had added the Blues guitar
towards the end of the 1960s, the 1970s saw the renaming
of the Jazz Band to the Jazz & Blues Band. All the 70s tracks
are unique to this CD.
LAKE’s fastest selling title ever! A triple CD set for the price
of one! Of the 73 tracks many are previously unissued or
extremely rare. The narrative in a 40 page booklet puts the
bands and the music into perspective. Its popularity gave
birth to the At A Tangent Series – the latest of these is on
page 2, and all of the titles are still available.
JEFF BARNHART & SPATS LANGHAM – We Wish We Were Twins
CHRIS BARBER COLLECTION
LACD342 1 CD £12.99
Aside from reissue albums Jeff Barnhart and Spats
Langham have appeared on more LAKE CDs than any other
artists, but they have never before appeared on the same
ones. Over the years that Jeff has been coming to the UK
he and Spats have performed together in bands, in quartets
and as a duo. They have a mutual admiration for each
other’s work so it seemed high time to put them together.
The result is 21 tracks (79 minutes) of joyous, high calibre
music making.
LACD268 1957-1958 LACD246 1956
Double CDs @ £12.99 each
LACD235 1955 Single CD @ £12.99 OR
LACD503 All 3 for £33
NEW!
REMEMBERING PAT HALCOX
The early years are represented here with much previously
unreleased material plus EP favourites, including portrait
EPs of Monty Sunshine, Pat Halcox, Ottilie Patterson and
Chris Barber himself. Full details on the Upbeat Mailorder
Website – or call and they will be sent to you.
THE DUTCH SWING COLLEGE BAND 1958-1959
LACD338 2 CDs £12.99
When Pat Halcox joined Chris Barber’s Jazz Band in the
early 1950s it started a remarkable career and produced the
longest serving partnership in Jazz as Pat held the trumpet
chair until 2008. CD 1 has Pat playing with Chris Barber’s
band, with a few tracks from each decade with guests Alex
Welsh and Kenny Ball. CD 2 has Pat guesting with other
bands - including Humph’s and Alex Welsh’s - playing with
American visitors Art Hodes and Don Ewell & fronting his own All Stars. None of the
tracks have been released before.
OTTILIE PATTERSON – That Patterson Girl
LACD292 2 CDs £12.99
The first CD is of a concert to mark the band’s 10th
anniversary in 1958 and again features the singer, Neva
Raphaelo. The second CD is a set of studio recorded tunes
marking Peter Schilperoort’s return to the band, after a
couple of years’ absence. There is also the added bonus of
four tracks from a very rare EP by the Dim Kesber Quartet.
HUMPHREY LYTTELTON 1956
LACD244 1 CD £12.99
Britain’s best loved and most sought-after Blues singer!
This CD contains 23 tracks in all, including 11 previously
unreleased songs or versions of songs. When Ottilie
Patterson appeared at the Royal Festival Hall in 1955
with Chris Barber’s Jazz Band, George Melly described
her as Bessie Smith reincarnated.This CD charts that
development, includes 11 tracks never previously released
and three songs only available here. This is one of Lake’s
best selling CDs in the history of the label!
LACD282 2 CDs £12.99
THE GREAT REVIVAL Traditional Jazz 1949-58 - Various Artists
KEN COLYER’S JAZZMEN & SKIFFLE GROUP 1956
Volume 1 LACD134 £12.99 Volume 2 LACD135 £12.99
Volume 3 LACD136 £12.99 Volume 4 LACD137 £12.99
LACD504 Buy all 4 for £44
LACD241 2 CDs £12.99
This series charts the great British bands
of the Trad revival. Originally on the
pioneering Esquire record label, these tracks
are a perfect snapshot of the early years of
the jazz revival.
Volume 1 features Cy Laurie, Christie
Brothers Stompers, Ken Colyer, Bob
Mickleburgh’s Bobcats, Tony Short Trio,
Dave Carey & Beryl Bryden.
Volume 2 has tunes from Acker Bilk, Crane
River Jazz Band, Bobby Mickleburgh’s
Bobcats, Brian Wooley’s Jazzmen & Mick
Gill’s Jazz Band.
Volume 3 features Sandy Brown, Bobby
Mickleburgh’s Bobcats, Mike Daniels’ Delta
Jazzmen, Humphrey Lyttelton, George
Chisholm and Kenny Ball.
Volume 4 showcases Chris Barber,
Merseysippi Jazzband, Lew Jowett & The
Second City Jazzmen.
The Lyttelton Band at its finest at the end of the 1950s.
Two classic LPs, ‘Humph Dedicates’ and ‘Triple Exposure’
plus previously unreleased material make up this collection
from 1959 reissued on a double CD for the price of one. In
1959 Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band recorded two LPs
and a single. All are included in the collection.
Ken Colyer remains one of the leading cult figures of British
Traditional Jazz. He epitomises, and is the Godfather for, the
purist New Orleans approach. This CD, part of Lake’s midprice ‘year’ series, introduces what has become known as
the ‘classic’ Ken Colyer Jazzmen of the 1950s. It comprises
all the recordings made for the Decca and Tempo labels in
1956 by both the Jazzmen and the Skiffle Group including
‘Club Session With Colyer’ considered to be his finest
recordings ever.
KEN COLYER 1966
LACD285 1 CD £12.99
The arch New Orleans purist of British Trad Jazz with ‘live’
recordings made in Germany in 1966. Colyer carved out
his own niche eschewing commercialism. In the 1950s and
60s Trad Jazz was as big in Germany as it was here and the
bands toured there regularly. Ken Colyer first went there
every year from 1953 and this CD was recorded during his
Autumn tour of 1966. The band was on terrific form and
the CD includes four previously unreleased tracks and some
tunes Colyer never recorded anywhere else.
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504 Records
THE LARRY BORENSTEIN COLLECTION
featured in memory of his 100th birthday in 2017
BRIAN CARRICK & HIS NEW ORLEANS BAND Dew Drop Revisited
BILLIE and DEE DEE PIERCE 1951 – 1961
504CD43 504CD39 504CD36 All 1 CD @
£12.99 each OR 504CD500 All 3 £33
504CDS130 1 CD £12.99
Recorded in April 2015 at the legendary Dew Drop Social
and Dance Hall in Mandeville, Louisiana on the northern
shore of Lake Ponchatrain. It was a stormy day and the
band and recording team only just made it to the venue!
But the trip was well worth it as you will hear! 18 tracks
with Brian Carrick and his clarinet leading an ace team of
New Orleans musicians.
NEW!
JACK WILLIS – Orleans Street Shuffle
KID THOMAS VALENTINE & his DIXIELAND BAND 1957
504CDS5 1 CD £12.99
This recording dates from August 1982 and was made at
the Ultrasonic Studio in New Orleans, which was destroyed
by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Jack Willis the leader &
cornet player, is probably best known for his association
with the George Lewis Band in the 1960s. Other band
members are Freddie Lonzo, Ralph Johnson, Sam Mooney,
Les Muscutt, Brian Turnock and Stanley Williams.
504CD43 At the time of recording some of these tracks
were considered ‘bawdy’ and the original tapes were
labelled accordingly! Includes 12 tracks featuring Paul
Barbarin’s New Orleans Band in 1951and 1 with the Chris
Barber Jazz Band and other New Orleans musicians from
1960. 504CD36 and 504CD39 were recorded in 1960.
Billie Pierce’s piano and vocals are joined by Dee Dee Pierce
on cornet and vocals and Kid Thomas Valentine trumpet.
504CD30 504CD37 504CD41 All 1 CD @
£12.99 each OR 504CD501 All 3 £33
NEW!
KID SHEIK’S STORYVILLE RAMBLERS – The Sheik of Araby
504CDS1 1 CD £12.99
George ‘Kid Sheik’ Cola is presented here leading his famous
Storyville Ramblers, until recently his regular Preservation
Hall Band. This CD version of the original LP has further
unreleased tracks from the original session from 1981. Band
personnel are Kid Sheik Cola leader, trumpet and vocals,
Louis Nelson trombone, Clarence Ford clarinet and tenor
sax, Jeanette Kimball piano, Les Muscatt banjo and guitar,
Stewart Davis string bass and Chester Jones drums.
504CD30 was recorded at Associated Artists Studio in
New Orleans around 1957. Personnel on this occasion
reads like a who’s who of New Orleans Jazz - Kid Thomas
Valentine plus Louis Nelson, Ed Washington, Joe James,
Burke Stephenson & Sammy Penn. 504CD37 1957 Kid
Thomas Valentine’s Dixieland Band comprised the Kid plus
Ed Washington, Louis Nelson, Burke Stevenson & Sammy
Penn. 504CD41 has songs from the collection including old
pop songs and some jazz standards reflecting the band’s dance hall period. As always, Kid
Thomas leads his band with his usual exciting sparse style.
PUNCH MILLER’S NEW ORLEANS BAND 1956 - 1957
504CD040 504CD34 504CD44 All 1 CD @
£12.99 each OR 504CD502 All 3 £33
GEORGE LEWIS WITH KEN COLYER’S JAZZMEN 1957
504CD40 & 504CD41 feature Punch Miller’s New Orleans
Band with Ed Washington. 504CD44 has tracks from the
full band, plus some with Punch Miller’s Big 6 and his Big
4 with tracks from 1956 and 1957. Again, Ed Washington
features on many tracks.
504CD50/504CD51
Volumes 1 & 2 Single CDs @ £12.99 each
504CD503 BUY BOTH for £22
KEN COLYER – The Unknown New Orleans Sessions 1952 - 1953
George Lewis’ first tour of Britain in 1957 was
eagerly awaited and the concerts at Manchester
Free Trade Hall did not disappoint! This was a
happy occasion and the audience responded
enthusiastically! Each CD covers one half of
the concert. George & Ken are joined by Mac
Duncan, Ian Wheeler, John Bastable, Ron Ward
and Colin Bowden. What a line-up!
DYNAMITE JAZZ SERIES – ENGLISH TRAD FAVOURITES
DJCD008 VINTAGE DAN PAWSON
1 CD £12.99
Birmingham born Dan Pawson (19362002) was a world leading authority on
early jazz and the New Orleans jazz revival.
This CD includes 15 previously unissued
tracks and plays for a generous 74m 55s.
DJCD007 GEOFF GILBERT’S GLORYLAND
JAZZBAND 1 CD £12.99
Ex-pat Gilbert is heard here with other expats on a recording from Sydney, Australia
in 1993, this CD has 18 tracks running a
generous 70m 23s
DJCD006 THE NEW IBERIA STOMPERS
Live 1981 and 1982 1 CD £12.99
The New Iberia Stompers were a happy
band always with the nucleus of O’Sullivan,
Casimir and Wood. Tracks 1-7 here are from
a session at the 100 Club in 1981, while
tracks 8-11 were recorded at in Belgium in
December 1982
DJCD005 SAMMY RIMINGTON – Back to
the Sixties 2 CDs £15.99
Sam Rimington with the Barry ‘Kid’ Martyn
Ragtime Band Alumni also features Cuff
Billett. Recorded in England in March 1998,
this double CD runs a very generous 137
minutes and 18 seconds!
DJCD004 THE CRANE RIVER JAZZ BAND
Live at The 100 Club 1 CD £12.99
Ken Colyer and his brother Bill, had found their
inspiration in the recordings made in the 1940s
by Bunk Johnson, George Lewis, Kid Rena and
Kid Ory and joined by like minded musicians
to form The Crane River Jazz Band in 1949. In
1972 the band got together to play occasional
concerts and make some recordings and
broadcasts.....of which this is one!
DJCD003 KEN COLYER’S JAZZMEN - Live at
the 51 Club 1960 1 CD £12.99
Ken Colyer live in 1960 with Graham
Stewart, Sammy Rimington, Ray Foxley, John
Barnstable, Ron Ward & Colin Bowden
DJCD002 BOB WALLIS & THE STORYVILLE
JAZZMEN - Live in Leipzig 1978 2 CDs
£15.99
This was Bob’s best band - as you can hear
for yourselves! Bob Wallis, Andre Beeson, Mike
Sherbourne, Ian Armit, Ken Ames, Bernie Cash,
George Collier.
DJCD001 KEN COLYER’S JAZZMEN - In
Concert 1959 1CD £12.99
Recorded at Manchester Free Trade Hall on
31st January 1959 this is Ken Colyer with his
classic line-up of Mac Duncan, Ian Wheeler, Ray
Foxley, John Bastable, Ron Ward, Colin Bowden.
504CD23 1 CD £12.99
14 previously unreleased tracks of Ken Colyer with
Raymond Burke which had lain forgotten for thirty years!
Plus a bonus of 5 tracks previously on NOLA records,
included for completeness, so the 19 New Orleans sessions
from 1952 and 1953 appear together here for the first
time. Band members include Ken Colyer, Raymond Burke,
Dick Allen, Bill Huntingdon, Dr Edmund Souchon, Harald
Katz Maestri, Jack Delaney.....
OSCAR ‘PAPA’ CELESTIN and his Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
1949-1953
504CD54 1 CD £12.99
Oscar ‘Papa’ Celestin’s historic recordings, made in the
1920s for Okeh and Columbia, have assured his star
place in the New Orleans firmament. All the titles on this
compilation appear here for the first time on CD. They were
recorded between 1949 and 1953 at venues across New
Orleans. Oscar ‘Papa’ Celestin with Bill Matthews, Alphonse
Picou, Octave Crosby, Richard Alex string bass, Christopher
Happy Goldston drums, plus sessions with Eddie Pierson
trombone, Louis Barbarin, Joseph Thomas and others.
KID ORY and his CREOLE JAZZBAND – Live at Beverly
Cavern 1949 Discs 1 & 2
504CD85D 2 CDs £15.99
Discs 1 and 2 of this live recording of Kid Ory and his
Creole Jazzband are from the Beverly Cavern, Hollywood,
LA circa 1949. Personnel are Kid Ory with Andrew Blakeney,
Joe Darensbourg, Buster Wilson, Ed Garland and Minor Hall.
36 tracks in total.
Discs 3 and 4 are on 504CD86 (2 CDs £15.99) and disc 5
is on 504CD87 (1 CD £12.99) Order by phone 0843 658 0856 or online www.upbeatmailorder.co.uk
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JSP
HENRY ‘RED’ ALLEN & His New York Orchestra 1929-1930
JSP4243 2 CDs £15.99
A dream reissue - all the Henry Allen New York Orchestra’s
Victor recordings made between 1929 and 1930, as well
as those featuring the Spivey Sisters. Also here are four
titles by the Luis Russell Orchestra, comprising largely the
same musicians. The sidemen were handpicked by Allen
and Russell and are regarded as among the finest of their
era. Long before Ellington and Basie, this is where swing
really started.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG - Hot Fives & Sevens
JSP100 4 CDs £17.99
This set won the New York Times Award ALBUM of the
MILLENNIUM! 99 tracks over 4 CDs containing what is
undoubtedly one of the most important bodies of work in
the entire history of jazz – and that’s a quote from
The Gramophone Good CD Guide!
NEW!
HARLEM HAMFATS – Masters of Jazz & Blues 1936-1944
MEMPHIS JUG BAND with Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers
JSP7745 4 CDs £17.99
JSP77201 4 CDs £17.99
The Hamfats combined blues and popular material.
Trumpeter Herb Morand and clarinettist Odell Rand joined
Joe and Charlie McCoy and Horace Malcolm on piano to
play music both cultivated and down home. The result?
Goodtime music, played with the skill and panache of
experienced session men. Irresistible. Remastered with a
full discography.
SKIFFLE FROM BRITAIN TO BROADWAY – including
Donegan & Colyer
JSP77173 4 CDs £17.99
Skiffle was a marvellous amalgam of blues, jazz and
swinging folk and some of the best & most important
music is presented here. There are 100 tracks in total with
copious notes. Artists include Lonnie Donegan, Ken Colyer’s
Skiffle Group, Chris Barber’s Skiffle Group, Vipers Skiffle
Group, 2.19 Skiffle Group and many more.
4 CDs, 98 tracks re-mastered by John RT Davies from
Memphis’ two great jug bands of the 78 RPM era! Also
includes rare solo sides from Will Shade, Minnie Wallace,
Hattie Hart, ‘Casey Bill’ Weldon and Vol Stevens. Full
discography included. A popular favourite.
NEW!
JIMMIE NOONE – Chicago Rhythm, Apex Blues Jazz
Clarinet Innovator 1923-1943
JSP926 4 CDs £17.99
This anthology celebrates the recorded legacy of
clarinettist Jimmie Noone, from his earliest recordings
until his final studio session. The timespan encompasses
the evolution of the music itself. Noone proved equal to
these challenges. Yet throughout, he remained true to his
own musical values formed during his boyhood in New
Orleans before he worked his way upriver to Chicago.
Noone’s most important and influential period began in Autumn 1926 when he took
up residence at the Apex Club in Chicago with his own group that eventually included
pianist Earl Hines. 96 sides over 4 CDs.
PARAMOUNT JAZZ
SIDNEY BECHET Classic Pre-War Sides 1931-1940
JSP960 4 CDs £17.99
JSP933 4 CDs £17.99
Back by popular demand! 100 tracks over 4 CDs - digitally
re-mastered and fully annotated. Featuring King Oliver,
Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence
Williams, Lovie Austin, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Dave
Nelson, Ethel Waters, Fletcher Henderson, Trixie Smith, Miff
Mole & many more.
Sidney Bechet was the first important jazz soloist on record
in history (beating Louis Armstrong by a few months). He
was a brilliant soprano saxophonist and clarinettist with
a wide vibrato. A master at both individual and collective
improvisation within the genre of New Orleans jazz. This 97
track set, presents the best of the early Bechet in numerous
different settings.
GENNETT JAZZ REMASTERED 1922-1930
BREAKING OUT IN NEW ORLEANS 1922-1929
JSP921 4 CDs £17.99
JSP962 4 CD Box Set £17.99
Gennett started with popular and classical music, but by
the early 1920s it was clear that great profits lay with jazz.
They signed the New Orleans Rhythm Kings whose first
four sides are here. Success was immediate and Gennett
spread their net wider with Miff Mole, King Oliver, Bix
Beiderbecke, Johnny Dodds, and Louis Armstrong. Fully
annotated box set.
KING OLIVER & HIS ORCHESTRA 1929 -1930
There was something special about the Crescent City, with
its carnival atmosphere and bubbling mixture of cultures,
that made it surely the most musical city in the New World
- and its jazzmen, from the nigh-legendary Buddy Bolden
to today’s Wynton Marsalis, some of the most influential.
This collection has 101 historic recordings by numerous hot
ensembles featuring a host of New Orleans’ finest, including
Oscar ‘Papa’ Celestin, Louis Dumaine, Lee Collins, Armand
Piron, Freddie Keppard and Johnny Dodds. As always with JSP,
the remastering is excellent and the set includes an authoritative essay by Keith Briggs.
ALL STAR JAZZ QUARTETS 1921 – 1947
JSP925 4 CDs £17.99
JSP4209 2 CDs £15.99
These highly acclaimed re-masters by John R T Davies put
the JSP reissues of classic jazz at the forefront of the reissue
scene. This music has never sounded so full with so much
depth. An essential set that belongs in every jazz collection.
This 97-track, 4 CD set covering the period 1927 to
1941 illustrates that virtually any combination of four
instrumentalists can provide us with some swinging and
entertaining jazz.. There is also the occasional vocal, but
in the main the instruments win. Disc 1 features Brass led
quartets, disc 2 Reeds, disc 3 Strings & disc 4 Washboards!
Artists include Benny Goodman, Johnny Dodds, Clarence
Williams, Joe Venuti, Omer Simeon, Willie Smith, plus The
Dixie Four, Four Bob Cats, Louisiana Sugar Babes & more.
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RETROSPECTIVE
EDMOND HALL – Profoundly Blue - His 22 Finest 1937-44
MUGGSY SPANIER – His 46 Finest
RTR4286 1 CD £12.99
RTR4254 2 CDs £14.99
This profile of clarinettist Edmond Hall (1901-1967) – one
of the greatest of the New Orleans jazz giants – makes
a superb addition to the Retrospective jazz list. Hall’s
individual style was instantly recognizable, with its broad,
fast vibrato. His was hot, fiery music, full of drive and biting
attack – yet he possessed a wonderful feeling for the blues.
Covering his career from his time with the Bucktown Five in
1924 to his performances in the mid-50s with the likes of
Earl Hines. Includes all 16 of the superlative Ragtime Band
recordings of 1939 - ‘The Great Sixteen’. Also all eight of
the quartet recordings he made with Sidney Bechet as ‘The
Bechet-Spanier Big Four’ – both high points in the history
of classic jazz.
NEW!
BILLY BUTTERFIELD - What’s New? His 24 Finest 1938-1959
WILBUR de PARIS – Hot Mustard – His 38 Finest
RTR4203 1 CD £12.99
A jazz treat! This CD covers 21 years of one of the all-time
greats of the trumpet: Billy Butterfield. What’s New? was the
title of his first big success with Bob Crosby. In addition to
featuring all the milestones of his career from 1938 to 1959,
this CD presents many gems from long-deleted 10 inch LPs
of the 50s made when he was at the peak of his powers.
George Hulme wrote in Just Jazz Billy Butterfield was one of
the finest jazz and Big Band trumpeters. The set has excellent
quality transfers. The playing time is generous. I strongly recommend this CD.
RTS4259 2 CDs £15.99
NEW!
Trombonist Wilbur De Paris had a long apprenticeship with
Duke Ellington, but his golden years of the 50s, enshrined
on these two Retrospective CDs, genuinely extended the
boundaries of traditional jazz. For him, jazz was a living art
and as hot as mustard. This is New Orleans Jazz at its very
best – over two & a half hours of invigorating jazz!
WINGY MANONE – Trumpet in the Wind 1924-1964
JUGBAND SPECIALS – 1923 – 1935
RTS4267 2 CDs £14.99
RTR4125 1 CD £12.99
Adding to Retrospective’s growing roster of great jazz
trumpeters – a double CD devoted to the career of one
of the all-time great jazz entertainers, one-armed New
Orleans trumpeter Wingy Manone. Here we trace his
career from his earliest recordings in 1924 to his vintage
years leading his own band through to 1964. 40 years of
great jazz!
This collection is very much the cream of the crop for
Jug Band Music from the 20’s and 30’s. There are.25
original tracks featuring the cream of the crop, including
The Memphis Jug Band, Dixieland Jug Blowers, Clarence
Williams’ Jug Band and many more. Tracks include Boodleam Shake, Ankle Strut, Ripe Green Tomatoes and The Jug
Band Special.
NEW!
ABE LINCOLN & his RAMPART STREET PARADERS 1953-1957
LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOT FIVES & SEVENS – West End Blues
RTR4275 1 CD £12.99
The most sophisticated, the most gloriously fashioned –
and, for some, the best – Dixieland jazz on record. That is
jazz maestro Digby Fairweather’s verdict on these joyous
performances by the great jazz trombonist Abe Lincoln.
Remarkably this is his first solo CD and it covers his finest
work with Matty Matlock’s Rampart Street Paraders during
the mid-50s. Nearly 80 minutes covers 18 titles that include
both familiar favourites The Sheik Of Araby and Shim-MeSha-Wabble and little-known numbers like The March Of The
Mustangs and Peruna.
RTR4129 1 CD £12.99
NEW!
JAY McSHANN – Hootie’s Blues 1941-1955
LIONEL HAMPTON – Flying Home 1930 -1949
RTR4279 1 CD £12.99
A centenary tribute to Jay McShann with a superb
programme covering every aspect of this great jazzman at
his ebullient best. This American jazz pianist and bandleader
enjoyed a long career during which he carried the flame of
Kansas City jazz at its Count Basie-inspired finest, as well as
being acknowledged as a truly great blues artist. During the
early 40s his band was the training ground for such stars as
Charlie Parker.
RTS4189 2 CDs £14.99
NEW!
CHARLIE BARNET - The Right Idea - A Centenary Tribute
RTS4225 2 CDs £14.99
Retrospective celebrates the centenary of ‘Mad Mab’ – the
saxophonist bandleader Charlie Barnet (1913-1991) – with
a superb double CD selection of his great band in full flight
during its finest years. He led one of the very best bands of
the 40s. A millionaire playboy, he lived riotously and married
11 times. Musically he would not compromise & always got
his way, as in his pioneering employment of black musicians
in a 1930s white band! The Right Idea gives 50 examples of
the band in its heyday, led off by his famous theme tune Cherokee.
All his best-known tracks are here.
This collection was compiled by Ray Crick, with final
restoration and remastering by Alan Bunting. Les Paul plays
electric guitar on all tracks, and the CD was recorded in
Les Paul’s home studio (from late 1947). It contains 26
of his finest tracks from 1925-1928 with his Hot Fives
and Sevens. Artists here include Johnny Dodds, Earl Hines,
Lonnie Johnson, Kid Ory and Don Redman.
A superb 2 CD survey of one of jazz’s all-time greats, Lionel
Hampton – the virtuoso of the vibes. Lionel Hampton
(1908-2002) was a true giant of jazz, a flamboyant
showman who was an indefatigable bandleader, drummer,
pianist, singer and, above all, the most famous vibraphone
player in jazz history – the first to use it as other than a
novelty. These are his 48 finest tracks.
FRANK TESCHEMACHER – Tesch Jazz Me Blues 1927 - 1930
RTR4194 1 CD £12.99
NEW!
This is the only CD available devoted to ‘Tesch’, the great
jazz clarinettist described by Benny Goodman as: “perhaps
the most inventive musician it has ever been my privilege to
hear”. This CD retrospective of his dazzling, if brief ( he was
killed in a car crash at age 25), career should help him gain
his rightful place among the great jazz masters. 26 tracks,
recorded during the four short years of his fame are the
very essence of ‘Chicago-style’ jazz.
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JAZZ LEGENDS series
BEST SELLERS
THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG COLLECTION 1923-1932
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Jazz at Town Hall
DSOY955 1 CD £12.99
A historic concert which represented a glorious
celebration of old-time jazz. Recorded at New York’s
famed venue Town Hall in 1946, this album features
two bands’ worth of fabulous jazz musicians, including
Sidney Bechet, Baby Dodds, Miff Mole, Wild Bill
Davison, Pee Wee Russell & Muggsy Spanier, who mixed
themselves together on the night as the mood directed.
FADCD2049 2 CDs £14.99
2 CD set focusing on the first decade of Louis Armstrong’s
recording career, including tracks with the King Oliver
Creole Jazz band, selected recordings with the Fletcher
Henderson Orchestra and Clarence Williams Blue Five and
landmark sessions with his Hot Five and Hot Seven which
became a key element of the entire jazz canon.
NEW!
VARIOUS ARTISTS - New Orleans Masters
THE BIX BIEDERBECKE COLLECTION 1924-1930
DSOY644 1 CD £12.99
FADCD2038 2 CDs £14.99
50 track 2 CD collection from one of the most important
figures in the early years of jazz –a trumpet and cornet
player who influenced a host of contemporaries and later
performers. Beiderbecke’s life was short but he recorded
a substantial body of work and this selection, which ends
with his final session with Hoagy Carmichael in 1930,
includes many top names of the era such as the Dorsey
Brothers, Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, Benny Goodman, Pee Wee
Russell and Gene Krupa.
Rare live performances from some of the great men of
New Orleans Jazz – Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson, Kid Ory,
Jelly Roll Morton and The Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
Recordings date from 1940-1948.
NEW!
RTS4108 2 CDs £14.99
THE EDDIE CONDON COLLECTION 1927-1961
FADCD4025 2 CDs £14.99
Eddie Condon was a guitarist, banjo player and bandleader
in the ‘Chicago school’ of early jazz who successfully
negotiated the musical vagaries of swing, big band and
bebop until he was able to ride the wave of the Dixieland
revival during the 1950s. This 2 CD collection encompasses
a fascinating range of styles and repertoire.
HUMPHREY LYTTELTON – Bad Penny Blues 1953-1957
NEW!
This 2-CD set offers 44 tracks, including Humph’s early
recordings issued on 78s by Parlophone, and all but one
of the numbers from the 1954 album recorded live at
the Conway Hall. Most were drawn from the existing
jazz repertoire, including some quite obscure items, such
as Elephant Stomp Blues. Others had their roots within
the band, with allusions to clarinettist Wally Fawkes,
trombonist John Picard, and saxophonist Bruce Turner.
Humph’s strong lead dominates the proceedings in these
classic recordings.
RED NICHOLS & his FIVE PENNIES – 1926-1961
THE ROY ELDRIDGE COLLECTION 1935-1945
RTS4227 2 CDs £14.99
FABCD353 1 CD £12.99
This collection is devoted to the noted ‘hot jazz’
trumpeter of the swing and early bebop eras. It is an
entertaining journey through a dynamic and exciting
period of jazz jazz featuring Eldridge with such notables
as Artie Shaw, Fletcher Henderson, Billie Holliday, Gene
Krupa as well as his own bands.
NEW!
Cornettist Ernest Loring ‘Red’ Nichols (1905-1965) was
both a magnificent player and a unique catalyst under
whose leadership the celebrated Five Pennies created
some of the finest ‘white jazz’ of all time. Disc One collects
together 26 glorious originals from Red Nichols’ vintage
years of 1926-1930. Disc Two presents the very best of a
string of fine LPs issued 1956/61. This is exhilarating jazz
that has not previously appeared on CD.
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Charleston! The Definitive Album
1924-1930
THE MEZZ MERROW COLLECTION 1928-1955
RTR4150 1 CD £12.99
FADCD2057 2 CDs £14.99
Mezz Mezzrow was a jazz clarinettist and saxophonist,
bandleader and entrepreneur, primarily associated with
New Orleans and Dixieland jazz. This substantial 45-track
collection draws from a significant proportion of the
recording sessions in which he participated in the quarter
century and more which it covers, selecting material which
highlights his distinctive style as an ensemble player, soloist
and leader.
OTHER POPULAR TITLES IN THIS SERIES:
FADCD2044 The Coleman Hawkins Collection 1927-1956
2 CDs £14.99
FADCD2037 The Clarence Williams Collection 1921-1937
2 CDs £14.99
FABCD358 The Lester Young Collection 1936-1947
1 CD £12.99
FADCD2039 The Charlie Barnet Collection 1935-1947
2 CDs £14.99
FABCD351 The Benny Carter Collection 1929-1947 1 CD £12.99
FADCD2047 The Muggsy Spanier Collection 1924-1949 2 CDs £14.99
NEW!
America made Wall Street the world’s money mart,
Hollywood the factory of the world’s day dreams, and Tin
Pan Alley the maker of the music it danced to…the America
of the 1920s that passed into the file of the world’s memory
is not an America of throbbing steel production … but a
kind of mass idiocy and frivolity. Europe, drained of life and
invention after the war, first jeered and then eagerly copied
these hectic fads – cocktails, bobbed hair, the Charleston! A
generous 26 tracks in total.
GEORGE CHISHOLM – The Gentleman of Jazz 1937-1962
RTS4261 2 CDs £14.99
Celebrating the centenary of the great British jazz
trombonist Disc 1 (1937-1944) presents George from his
first studio session with Gerry Moore in 1937, through his
notable early dates with such as Benny Carter, Coleman
Hawkins, Fats Waller, and Danny Polo’s Swing Stars, plus
his 1938 Jive 5 & 1944 Jive 8 recordings & some from the
years he spent with The Squadronaires. Disc 2 (19471962) shows how his style shifted in the 50s towards
mainstream jazz, but he never forsook ‘Trad’, as this disc
also demonstrates.
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JAZZ CRUSADE
SAMMY RIMINGTON & THE MOULDY 5 – Reed My Lips
JCCD3045 1 CD £ 12.99
This is take no prisoners jazz - a tropical storm put to music!
Recorded in 1999, this CD features Sammy Rimington’s
clarinet with Bill Sinclair on piano, Emil Marks banjo, Colin
Bray string bass and Big Bill Bissonnette on drums.
EASY RIDER’S JAZZ BAND – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
JCCD3060 1 CD £12.99
This was the first time The Easy Riders got together in 31
years, and the CD really swings! It includes the last three
tracks of Mouldy Dick McCarthy who died shortly after this
session from April 1998. Led by Big Bill Bissonnette with
Fred Vigorito, Sammy Rimington and Paul Boehmke, Bill
Sinclair & Emil Mark, Arnie Hyman, Mouldy Dick McCarthy
& John Russell.
Jazz Nocturne 3 – BUNK AND BECHET IN BOSTON
LOUIS ARMSTRONG – A Satchel Full of Sach
JCCD3069 1 CD £ 12.99
This 19 track CD features three exceptionally rare sessions
by Louis Armstrong. It’s nice to hear music from the great
man that you won’t have heard before, as these sides have
not been released commercially until now. Featured artists
include Jack Teagarden, Fats Waller and Edmond Hall.
ZUTTY SINGLETON – Drum Face Volume 1
JCCD3114 1 CD £12.99
A career retrospective of the great jazz drummer - Zutty
Singleton. The CD features Zutty with many of the great
men of jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton,
Charlie LeVere, Pee Wee Russell, Sidney Bechet & Roy
Eldridge.
Volume 2 is on JCCD3115 @ £12.99
OR JCCD7007 Special Price for both CDs £22.00
TUBA FATS CHOSEN FEW BRASS BAND & JAZZMEN –
Street Music
JCCD3040 1 CD £12.99
JCCD3080 1 CD £12.99
What you have here is two of the most creative
personalities in jazz history - Bunk Johnson and Sidney
Bechet - playing many seldom heard songs with a rhythm
section that knows it all in the shape of Ray Parker, George
Thompson and Pops Foster. These rare recordings are of
high historical interest for any jazz fan!.
Nine tracks from Tuba Fats’ Chosen Few Brass Band
recorded in New Orleans in November 1985 plus four
tracks of Tuba Fats’ Jazzmen recorded in April 2002 in New
Orleans. This is marching band music that brings everyone
out onto the street.
Jazz Nocturne 4 – BOCAGE & BECHET IN BOSTON
WILBUR De PARIS – An Evening at Jimmy Ryan’s Volume 1
JCCD3041 1 CD £12.99
JCCD3009 1 CD £12.99
This CD continues the broadcasts of Sidney Bechet’s New
Orleans Rhythm Kings from the Savoy Cafe in Boston in
the spring of 1945. Bocage, like Bechet, believed that great
jazz could be made from any tune and consequently the
choice of music is quite unusual - interesting music played
by experienced musicians in the New Orleans style. It was
lucky that a few enthusiasts thought to record it ‘off air’ on
acetates so that you can all enjoy it again.
The first volume of this popular series, is from the Dr. Jazz
Radio Series and records the band at its very best. New York
loved them! Personnel are Wilbur de Paris, Sidney de Paris,
Omer Simeon, Eddie Gibbs, Don Kirkpatrick, Freddie Moore
and Zutty Singleton/ George Foster.
Volume 2 JCCD3061 Volume 3 JCCD3068 @ £12.99 each
OR JCCD7008 All three CDs £35
SAMMY RIMINGTON & BIG BILL BISSONETTE – Watering
The Roots
THE CHURCH ALLEY IRREGULARS with Brian Carrick
JCCD3098 1 CD
JCCD3011 1 CD £12.99
Big Bill wrote in the notes that it is essential to “water
the roots” of New Orleans jazz to keep the flame burning.
This CD was recorded in 1955 and the personnel were
jazz perfection as Sammy and Big Bill were joined by Eric
Webster, Ken Matthews and Colin Bowden, with special
guest Sarah Bissonnette. There are some great tunes here
which are rarely heard in the New Orleans style!
GEORGE LEWIS – Jammin’ In The Fifties
JCCD3054 1 CD £12.99
The Lewis band in its heyday during the 50s featuring Big Jim
Robinson, Alcide ‘Slow Drag’ Pavageau, Alton Purnell, Punch
Miller and Paul Barbarin. Three separate sessions here from
1950, 1951 and 1958. Is doesn’t get any better than this!
£12.99
Jazz Crusade’s founder Bill Bissonnette wanted to make
a recording with his favourite British jazz musicians - and
this is it! The band had not played together before and they
were recorded in Church Alley - hence the name! The line-up
is simply stunning - Norman Thatcher, Geoff Cole, Brian
Carrick, Tony Pyke, Malcolm Hogarth, Malcolm Hurrell, Annie
Hawkins & Dion Cochrane.
JOHNNY PARKER with KEN COLYER – At The 100 Club
JCCD3029 1 CD £12.99
Recorded in the 100 Club in 1984, Ken Colyer and Johnny
Parker are joined by Graham Stewart, Alan Cooper, Jim
Bray and Dave Evans with special guest appearances by
Diz Disley and Wally Fawkes. A good time was had by all,
wallowing in nostalgia and draught beer. All except Ken
Colyer, who stuck to his gin and tonic! A great night!
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JAZZ CRUSADE
JAZZ CRUSADE RARE CUTS SERIES
RARE CUTS – Well Done! Volume 1
JAZZ CRUSADE BESTSELLERS
NORMAN THATCHER’S RAGTIME BAND - What Do You
Want Me To Do?
JCCD3059 1 CD £12.99
The first volume in a series of rare recordings from this
popular American label. The first 2 tracks feature The George
Lewis Ragtime Band recorded in 1952. The band features
Big Jim Robinson, Alton Purnell & ‘Slow Drag’ Pavageau. The
second set features Bunk Johnson. Recorded in 1946 the
band includes George Lewis. The third set features the rarely
recorded Richard M. Jones Jazz Wizards from 1944.
JCCD3028 1 CD £12.99
Norman Thatcher was nothing if not versatile. While he
made his reputation leading the Ken Colyer Trust New
Orleans Jazz Band he is no mere Colyer clone! There is only
a touch of Britain’s most successful trumpet player in his
style - and that in sublime moderation. This is an unusual
album for him - and indeed for Jazz Crusade - drawing
more on Bix Biederbecke than any of the others!
RARE CUTS – Well Done! Volume 2
KEN COLYER with THE CLASSIC JAZZBAND – Colyer in
Stockholm
JCCD3066 1 CD £12.99
JCCD3007 1 CD £12.99
8 tracks from Jimmy Noone’s ‘Yes Yes Club’. Then there
are 3 tracks from Henry Red Allen’s All-Stars including Kid
Ory and Jack Teagarden, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman, Lil
Armstrong and Zutty Singleton or Gene Krupa. And 8 tracks
from Papa Celestin’s Band featuring Albert Walters, Joe
‘Brother Cornbread’ Thomas and Louis Barbarin on drums.
Featured again by popular demand! This was to become
Ken’s last recording – a worthy testament for a great jazz
musician. The music on this CD was recorded on 28th June
1986 at the Stockholm Jazz Festival, recorded at Ken’s
request as a document to his stay in Sweden. He is heard
here with Sweden’s Classic Jazz Band.
Colyer in Stockholm Volume 2 is on JCCD3103 1 CD £12.99
RARE CUTS – Well Done! Volume 3
KID ORY & RED ALLEN – A Jazz Concert in Berlin 1st Set
JCCD3072 1 CD £12.99
JCCD3125 1 CD £12.99
In the mid fifties many traditional jazz bands made the trek
to New York City to perform at one of its most prestigious
jazz venues, Child’s Paramount Restaurant. Paul Barbarin
made the journey in 1954 and these tracks are the result.
The second band is the fabulous Wilbur DeParis band. We
have three airshots from 1958 and features Sidney DeParis
and Omer Simeon in what was one of the slickest bands in
the history of traditional jazz.
The music here is very exciting and the ‘jazzmanship’
phenomenal – a great mix of black and white musicians
swinging together! Recorded for Kid Ory as part of his
European Tour agreement in 1959. So welcome to Cold
War Berlin just two years before the wall went up to keep
East Berliners from having the sort of fun you’ll be listening
to on this record!
The Second Set is on JCCD3126 1 CD £12.99
RARE CUTS – Well Done! Volume 4
THATCHER, BLOUNT & VICKERS – River Stay ‘Way
JCCD3075 1 CD £12.99
JCCD3018 1 CD £12.99
This album groups some interesting New Orleans jazz from
the 30s and 40s featuring early George Guesnon sides,
originally recorded on Decca. They are great and original
Guesnon pieces and definitely collectable. It also features
a live session from the Kid Thomas Band of the early 70s,
plus a host of stars pay tribute to Johnny St Cyr on his
72nd birthday!
This CD features some of the finest British jazzmen from
three of the UK’s top bands – The Ken Colyer Trust New
Orleans Jazz Band, The Jubilee Jazz Band and the Chris
Blount New Orleans Jazz Band – coming together for a
session at The Bull at Barnes in December 1995. It features
lots of unusual tunes and a great ensemble! Dave Brennan
and Malc Murphy also feature here.
RARE CUTS – Well Done! Volume 5
TRAD JAZZ AROUND THE WORLD Volume 1 Australia,
Scotland & Sweden
JCCD3088 1 CD £12.99
JCCD3023 1 CD £12.99
The thread that weaves through all these undiscovered
gems is the fluid clarinet of Edmund Hall - a true jazz
legend! The three bands featured here are Henry ‘Red’
Allen and his Orchestra recorded in December 1947,
Edmund Hall and Punch Miller, also from December 1947
and WC Handy’s Orchestra from December 1939.
Three great bands from around the world in this 1990s
series of recordings of great New Orleans Jazz from around
the world. Starting with The Louisiana Shakers from
Australia, which produces some great home-grown bands
which deserve an airing. Next up we have a Scottish band Jake’s Melody Boys – who are equally in demand in England
as their native land. And finally, from Sweden Jesse’s New
Orleans Jazz Band – led by Jens ‘Jesse’ Lindgren, who is well known to British jazz fans.
RARE CUTS – Well Done! Volume 6
KID SHEIK & BROTHER CORNBREAD – In Copenhagen 1974
JCCD3092 1 CD £12.99
JCCD3002 1 CD £12.99
Capt John Handy is mainly associated with the alto sax, but
he was also a fine clarinet player as these tracks will testify.
The personnel here is unusual, but included Alvin Alcorn
and Placide Adams. They were recorded in New Orleans in
August 1965. The second session on this disc dates from the
beginning of 1952 and sees Jimmy Archey playing trombone
on unissued airshots from Jimmy Ryan’s.
A recording of a wonderful tour of Scandinavia in 1974
by Kid Sheik Cola with special guest Joseph ‘Brother
Cornbread’ Thomas, a New Orleans old stager and first
class clarinet! The Kid had to work hard to ensure that
Cornbread did not get all the attention, and when you
listen to the end result here, I think you will agree that both
Kid Sheik and Brother Cornbread were seriously underrated.
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UPBEAT COLLECTIONS
IN RETROSPECT SERIES – £12.99 SINGLE CD EACH OR £14.99 DOUBLE CD
URCD268D TJ Johnson – Double CD celebration of 30 years in Jazz and Blues
URCD269 Terry Lightfoot – Single CD reissue of Stardust to mark 2 years since he died
URCD270 Roger Marks – Single CD marking his 20 year anniversary
THE KEN COLYER COLLECTION – £12.99 EACH
URCD149 Ken Colyer – The Classic Years Volume 1 Recorded in 1957 Ken with Ian Wheeler, Mac Duncan,
Johnny Bastable, Ron Ward & Colin Bowden
URCD189 Ken Colyer – The Classic Years Volume 2 Eel Pie Island 1957 Ken with Ian Wheeler, Mac Duncan,
Johnny Bastable, Ron Ward & Colin Bowden
URCD202 Ken Colyer – The Classic Years Volume 3 Recorded in Nottingham in 1960. Ken with Ian Wheeler,
Brian Wooley, Mac Duncan, Ray Foxley, Johnny Bastable, Ron Ward & Colin Bowden
URCD130 Ken Colyer Very Very Live at the 100 Club Band includes Sammy Rimington, Colin Bowden & Annie Hawkins
URCD159 The Crane River Jazz Band – Storming Session Germany 1973 with bonus tracks from Pizza Express 1977
URCD165 Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen & Skiffle Group – Captured Moments NDR broadcasts & Live recordings from
Germany 1955
URCD173 Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen – Serenading Auntie Re – mastered BBC Jazz Club recordings from 1955 – 1960
URCD137 Ken Colyer’s All Star Jazz Band/ The Crane River Jazz Band – Once More for Auntie BBC Broadcasts
from 1972,1975 & 1977
URCD198 The Lost 1954 Royal Festival Hall Tapes – Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen & Skiffle Group. Personnel include Barber & Donegan. Our fastest
selling CD ever!
URCD205 More Lost 1954 RFH Tapes – Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen – Plus classic line – ups from Bristol & Nottingham 1960
URCD217 Ken Colyer Studio 51 Sessions 1972 – Ken Colyer Allstars. Club sessions from Jan/Feb 1972 Runs 71 minutes
URCD222 Ken Colyer Studio 51 Sessions 1972 – Ken Colyer Allstars Volume 2 Club sessions from April/ May 1972 Runs 74 minutes
URCD161 A Boston Concert – Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen Ken with Sammy Rimington, Barry Palser, Ray Smith, Peter Morcom, Alan Johns & Colin
Bowden. June 1972
URCD167 In the Sweet Bye & Bye – Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen The Dieter Kreuter tapes Volume 1 Studio 51 August 1958
URCD170 Somewhere over the Rainbow – Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen The Dieter Kreuter tapes Volume 2 Studio 51 August 1958
URCD210 Ken Colyer Live at York Arts Centre 1972 – Ken Colyer’s Allstars with over an hour of glorious sounds!
URCD211 The Sunny Side of Ken Colyer – Ken Colyer’s Allstars 1972 featuring Sammy Rimington. Re – released by popular demand
URCD257 Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen – Live Rediscovered Treasures from the Classic Years Eel Pie Island 1957 – rare treasures including vocals
from Rosina Scudder
URCD265 Colyer from The Archives featuring Sammy Rimington – a live Thames riverboat session dates from the early 70s
THE CHRIS BARBER COLLECTION – £12.99 EACH
URCD146 Chris Barber at the BBC 1961 – 62 – Wireless Days Chris Barber’s Jazz Band featuring Ottilie Patterson
URCD158 Chris Barber with Joe Harriott, Ottilie Patterson, Bobby Breen, Ian Arnott 1963
URCD177 Chris Barber at the BBC 1961 – 63 More Wireless Days Chris Barber’s Jazz Band featuring Ottilie Patterson
URCD118 – Volume 1: Chris Barber, Lonnie Donegan, Monty Sunshine, Ken Colyer, Acker Bilk, Bob Wallis
URCD120 – Volume 3: Chris Barber, Terry Lightfoot, The Temperance Seven
URCD125 – Volume 5: Chris Barber, Ken Colyer, Monty Sunshine, Bruce Turner
THE HUMPHREY LYTTELTON CLASSICS – £12.99 EACH
URCD138 This Old Gang of Ours – Kenny Davern & Humphrey Lyttelton Original Calligraph LP from 1985 plus 2
bonus tracks from CLGCD13 from 1986
URCD168 It Seems Like Yesterday – Humphrey Lyttelton & Wally Fawkes – Original Calligraph LP from 1983
plus bonus tracks from the Bull’s Head 1984.
URCD174 The Humphrey Lyttelton Big Band with Jimmy Rushing – BBC Jazz Club sessions from Autumn 1958
URCD182 Humph, Bruce & Sandy Swing at the BBC – Broadcasts from 1956 – 1960 Humph & his band,
Bruce Turner 4 and Fairweather – Brown Allstars
URCD186 A Night in Oxford Street 1957 – Jimmy Rushing with Humphrey Lyttelton & his Band – Original
recording by Joe Meek. Runs 72 minutes
URCD223 Humphrey Lyttelton & his Band PLUS tracks from the Paseo Jazz Band 1953 – 1956 Privately recorded acetates
URCD234 Claude Lutter in England with Humphrey Lyttelton 1985 featuring the original Bad Penny Blues rhythm section, Parker, Bray & Grieg
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BEST OF BRITISH JAZZ FROM THE BBC – £12.99 EACH
URCD118 – Volume 1: Chris Barber, Lonnie Donegan, Monty Sunshine, Ken Colyer, Acker Bilk, Bob Wallis
URCD119 – Volume 2: Humphrey Lyttelton, Sandy Brown
URCD120 – Volume 3: Chris Barber, Terry Lightfoot, The Temperance Seven
URCD122 – Volume 4: Alex Welsh, Mick Mulligan with George Melly, Diz Disley
URCD125 – Volume 5: Chris Barber, Ken Colyer, Monty Sunshine, Bruce Turner
URCD127 – Volume 6: Nat Gonella, Cy Laurie, Harry Gold, Sonny Morris, George Chisholm, Ken Colyer, Lonnie Donegan
URCD171 – Volume 7: Ken Colyer, Graham Stewart, Cy Laurie, Mike Daniels
URCD172 – Volume 8: Humphrey Lyttelton, Sandy Brown, Mick Mulligan with George Melly
URCD183 – Volume 9: Mike Daniels, Ken Colyer, Diz Disley, Mick Mulligan with George Melly, The Saints Jazz Band
URCD152 BBC Jazz From the 70s & 80s in Stereophonic Sound Volume 1 Humphrey Lyttelton, Alan Elsdon, Sammy Rimington, Pat Halcox
& John Barnes
URCD153 BBC Jazz From the 70s & 80s in Stereophonic Sound Volume 2 Chris Barber, Rod Mason, Digby Fairweather, Bruce Turner
URCD155 BBC Jazz From the 70s & 80s in Stereophonic Sound Volume 3 Ken Colyer, Pete Allen, Cy Laurie, George Chisholm
URCD157 Kenny Ball at the BBC – The Airshots BBC Broadcasts from 1967 – 1972 17 tracks 62 minutes
URCD164 At The Jazz Band Ball BBC Broadcasts from 1962 featuring Monty Sunshine, Alan Elsdon, Bob Wallis, Terry Lightfoot, George Melly
& more
URCD169 At The Jazz Band Ball Volume 3 – BBC broadcasts from 1962 with Humphrey Lyttelton, Fairweather – Brown All Stars, Diz Disley
& Alex Welsh
URCD185 The Temperance Seven – Those BBC Years The original Temps in BBC broadcasts from 1962
URCD230 Barber, Ball & Bilk at The Jazz Band Ball 1962 Chris Barber & his Band , Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen and Mr Acker Bilk & his
Paramount Jazz Band
THE PORTRAIT SERIES – PORTRAITS OF THE GREAT JAZZ MASTERS – £12.99 EACH
URCD176 Papa Mutt Carey – Portrait of a New Orleans Master with his New Yorkers, Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz
Band & Hociel Thomas
URCD187 Kid Ory – Portrait of the Greatest Slideman Ever Born featuring Ory’s Sunshine Orchestra,
The All – Star Jazz Group and The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Line – up
URCD195 A Portrait of Sydney Bechet in Paris 1937 & 1952 with Noble Sissle’s Swingers, Sydney Bechet & his
Feetwarmers and the Sydney Bechet Trio
URCD197 A Portrait of George Lewis from Burgundy Street to Berlin – includes tracks with Bunk Johnson and Ken Colyer
URCD204 A Portrait of Louis Armstrong – Birth of the Allstars Tracks from 1947 – 1954 Artists include Bobby Hackett,
Edmond Hall, Tommy Dorsey, Eddie Condon and Jack Teagarden
URCD215 A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier A – Z featuring Sidney Bechet, Eddie Condon, Jimmy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman &
Coleman Hawkins
URCD225 A Portrait of Johnny Dodds – King of the Blues Clarinet Bands include King Oliver’s Creole JB, Louis Armstrong Hot Five and
Johnny Dodds & his Chicago Boys
URCD231 A Portrait of Jelly Roll Morton – Oh Mr Jelly! – 77 minutes from the originator of Jazz & Stomps Artists include King Oliver and
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers
URCD235 A Portrait of Bunk Johnson – Bunk’s Blues – Tracks from 1942 – 1945. A detailed insight into the life and work of a legendary
master of New Orleans trumpet
URCD238 A Portrait of Louis Jordan – Let the Good Times Roll The Birth of Rhythm & Blues featuring Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong
URCD242 A Portrait of Sister Rosetta Thorpe – The One & Only Queen of Hot Gospel Includes her hilarious public wedding ceremony
URCD256 Louis Armstrong – Young Satchmo – The Birth of a Jazz Genius – Louis the Slideman 1923-1927. Critics Top 10 Choice 2014
URCD243 Louis Prima – Sing Sing Sing – This CD traces his charismatic talent from 1933-1955
THE LONNIE DONEGAN SERIES – £12.99 EACH
URCD200 This Yere De Story – Lonnie’s life and music in his own words
URCD212 The Last Tour – His final live recording from 2002
URCD214 Jubilee Concert from the Fairfield Hall 1st Half featuring Ken Colyer, Chris Barber & Monty Sunshine
URCD218 Jubilee Concert from the Fairfield Hall 2nd Half featuring Ken Colyer, Chris Barber & Monty Sunshine
URCD226 Lonnie Live! Rare tapes from the late 1960s
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More Collections from UPBEAT JAZZ & JAZZ CRUSADE
THE AMERICAN COLLECTION – £12.99 EACH
URCD135 KENNY DAVERN/ART HODES Jazz plus 11 tracks produced for the hit
parade and jukebox market.
– The Last Reunion
Recorded at Pizza Express London in 1988.
URCD232 WILBUR DE PARIS New New
The trio is completed by Colin Bowden.
Orleans Jazz Band
1953 & 1954
URCD163 VIC LEWIS &
Featuring Sidney de Paris, Omer Simeon
JACK PARNELL’S JAZZMEN –
and Zutty Singleton. 69+ minutes of
Singin’ the Blues
great sounds.
24 outstanding recordings from
1944 – 46. Youthful exuberance from
the early years of these players.
URCD192 VIC LEWIS’ NEW YORK
JAZZMEN with Bobby Hackett
Vintage recordings from 1938 featuring
Bobby Hackett, Eddie Condon and Zutty
Singleton, plus bonus Jam Session from
1944 featuring George Chisholm and Jack
Parnell.
THE GEORGE LEWIS COLLECTION –
SINGLE CDs £12.99 DOUBLE CDs £14.99
URCD221 GEORGE LEWIS – In Hi-Fi Plus URCD244D GEORGE LEWIS RAGTIME
16 tracks from 1955 & 1956 running 72+ BAND – Jass at the Ohio Union (2 CDs)
minutes.
This legendary recording is one of our
fastest selling albums ever!
URCD224 GEORGE LEWIS On Stage
1956 & At Newport 1957
17 terrific tracks running 64+ minutes.
URCD233D GEORGE LEWIS
& ALTON PURNELL (2 CDs)
3 LPs on 2 CDs with 16 tracks per
CD running over 2 hours!
URCD237D GEORGE LEWIS & HIS
ORCHESTRA – Dr Jazz/Blues from the
Bayou (2 CDs)
2 LPs plus the complete Jazz Man session.
URCD219 JOE TURNER – The Boss of
the Blues
Tracks from 1955 & 1956 Kansas City
URCD240D VINTAGE GEORGE LEWIS
1954/55 (2 CDs)
A perennial bestseller with classic tracks
from 1954 and 1955.
THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN – £12.99 EACH
The Kid Ory Series
URCD185 THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN –
Those BBC Years
BBC broadcasts from 1962 – at the
height of the band’s glory. 24 toetapping
tracks running 63 minutes. Featuring the
mellifluous voice of Paul McDowell.
URCD259 KID ORY – The Original Jazz
1 CD £12.99
1957 studio recording The Original Jazz
plus 2 tracks from Dance With Kid Ory
or Just Listen and a further 2 from
Kid Ory in Europe.
URCD236 KID ORY – The Kid From New
Orleans
A long unavailable Verve album plus two
tracks from his 1957 appearance at the
Newport Jazz Festival with Red Allen & Jack
teagarden. 78+ minutes of great jazz.
URCD262D KID ORY – Storyville
Nights 2 CDs £14.99
3 LPs on 2 CDs. In addition to Storyville
Nights there are tracks from a rare LP
Dixieland Marching Songs and Ory’s
final LP, Kid Ory Plays WC Handy.
URCD241 KID ORY – Song of the
Wayfarer & Dance or Just Listen
1 CD £12.99
One and a half CDs on one disc – an
amazing 74 + minutes of New Orleans
jazz. Both recordings date from 1957 and
were recorded in Los Angeles.
URCD203 THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN –
Tea for Eight
The much requested reissue of our first
ever CD! The Temps at their very best!
Includes Tea for Two, Hard Hearted Hannah
and Ukulele Lady.
URCD208 THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN –
33 Not Out
Sparkling gems from yesteryear including
Happy Feet, You, You’re Driving Me Crazy
and Chilli Bom Bom. Released in 1990 to
celebrate 33 Years in showbiz and also the
band’s love of cricket!
URCD220 THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN –
The Writing on the Wall
Recorded in 1991, all the usual suspects
and antics – 17 tracks including Dog
Bottom and Mornington Crescent.
URCD216 The Best of the Temperance
Seven
Taken from URCDs 203, 208 and 220,
these are their greatest hits including
Home in Pasadena, Me and Jane in a Plane,
Tea for Two and Ukulele Lady. Released to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the one
and only “Temps”.
Little Gems £12.99 each
URCD245 CLIFF “UKULELE IKE”
EDWARDS – I Did It With My Little Ukulele
The ukulele is back in fashion, and this
newly re-mastered, 27 song selection is the
very best of this much loved artist, Ukulele
Ike, and his newly re-discovered instrument.
He starred in over 100 films and sold over a
million records! Tracks include My Dog Loves
Your Dog, If I had You and the title track I Did
It with My Little Ukulele.
URCD147 BRUCE TURNER – The Dirty
Bopper 1985
The Original Calligraph Album plus 3
bonus tracks of Bruce with Humph’s Band
from the Bull’s Head.
URCD154 GEORGE CHISHOLM’S
GENTLEMEN OF JAZZ
A Tribute to George Chisholm from the
Gentlemen of Jazz featuring his daughter
Carole Chisholm. 17 tracks in total.
URCD178 THE PETE ALLEN JAZZ BAND
– Running Wild
Allen has been leading his own band for
many years – but the line-up on this CD
is possibly his best ever! 61+ minutes of
great sounds including Cornet Chop Suey
and Running Wild.
URCD181 SONNY MORRIS & FRIENDS
– In Germany 1999-2000
Ian Wheeler, Ray Smith, Dickie Bishop,
Colin Bowden and Lutz Eickelman all excel.
URCD187 A Portrait of KID ORY– The
Greatest Slideman Ever Born
1 CD £12.99
This portrait – with recordings from 1921,
1944 and 1971 demonstrates Ory’s skill
as well as his longevity! 28 glorious tracks.
More Rare Cuts – Well Done! FROM JAZZ CRUSADE
SINGLE CDS @ £12.99
JCCD3101 Rare Cuts - Well Done!
Volume 7
Omer Simeon Rarest & greatest tracks
1929-1954.
JCCD3123 Rare Cuts - Well Done!
Volume 12
New Orleans Obscurities Dodds / Bechet
/ Noone.
JCCD3109 Rare Cuts - Well Done!
Volume 8
Clarinets Albert Nichols / Edmond Hall /
George Lewis.
JCCD3129 Rare Cuts - Well Done!
Volume 13
Armstrong / Krupa / Bonano / Nichols
& more.
JCCD3112 Rare Cuts - Well Done!
Volume 9
Franz Jackson / Onward Brass Band.
JCCD3116 Rare Cuts - Well Done!
Volume 10
Black Horns De Paris / Ladnier / Collins.
JCCD3119 Rare Cuts - Well Done!
Volume 11
Slip Horns Ory / Jackson / Wheeler.
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Special Offers from JAZZ CRUSADE
JASMINE BEST SElLERS
JCCD7001 RARE CUTS – WELL DONE! Volumes 1 & 2
DUKES of DIXIELAND – Do You Know What It Means To
Miss New Orleans?
2 CDs £22 JCCD3059 JCCD3066
JASCD786 2 CDs £14.99
Volume 1 features George Lewis at Artisan Hall from 1952,
Bunk Johnson from 1946 and Billie & Dee Dee Pierce from
1967
Volume 2 has tracks by Jimmy Noone’s Yes Yes Club, Red
Allen’s All Stars featuring Kid Ory and Papa Celestin’s Band
without Papa but with Pee Wee Russell, Albert French and
Louis Barbarin.
New Orleans has a special place in the history of jazz, and
Dukes of Dixieland has a special place in the story of New
Orleans. As natives of this city rich in musical tradition it
was inevitable that their chosen path would lead down
that well-trodden road - Dukes Of Dixieland is a perfect
illustration of a jazz combo which has taken the legacy
they inherited as New Orleans musicians and gone on to
greater things.
JCCD7002 JAZZ NOCTURNE - Bunk & Bechet in
Boston Volumes 1 & 2
PETE FOUNTAIN – Swing Low Sweet Clarinet
2 CDs £22 JCCD3036 JCCD3039
Rare sessions recorded in Boston in the spring of 1945
bringing together two jazz greats Bunk Johnson & Sidney
Bechet with Ray Parker, George Thompson, Sidney Bechet
and Pops Foster.
NEW!
JASCD768 2 CDs £14.99
Pete Fountain’s life story has been wholly in harmony with
Jazz, and here is a veritable feast of tracks from some of
his LPs covering the period 1959-1962. This is music from
excellent musicians playing songs that are as familiar
as the seasons of the year. Alongside the well-known
standards Pete touches on the French influence in New
Orleans – all accompanied by an orchestra which is part
Bourbon Street and part Champs Elyssées. You feel yourself
being transported to a café somewhere in Paris. As this
compilation attests, you can take the musicians out of
Bourbon Street but you can’t take Bourbon Street out of
man like Pete Fountain.
NEW!
JCCD7003 RARE CUTS – WELL DONE! Volumes 3 & 4
IT’S BACK! THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ
2 CDs £22 JCCD3072 JCCD3075
Volume 3 features 2 bands from the 1950s: 11 tracks of
Paul Barbarin and his band in New York in 1954 plus 5 tracks
from three airshots from Wilbur deParis from 1958 featuring
Omer Simeon. On Volume 4 there are 7 early George
Guesnon sides which are definitely collectable. Then 5 tracks
from the Kid Thomas Band featuring Louis Nelson and
Paul Barnes from 1974 and finally JOHNNY ST CYR 73rd
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS recorded in New Orleans in 1963.
JASBOX
JCCD7004 KID ORY & RED ALLEN – A Jazz Concert in
Berlin 1959 1st and 2nd Sets
LONNIE DONEGAN - The Singles As & Bs 1954-1961
2 CDs £22 JCCD3125 JCCD3126
JASCD224 2 CDs
The music here is very exciting and the ‘jazzmanship’
phenomenal! A great mix of black and white musicians
swinging together! Recorded for Kid Ory as part of his
European Tour agreement in 1959. So welcome to Cold War
Berlin at the height of tensions between East and West just
two years before the wall went up to keep East Berliners from
having the sort of fun you’ll be listening to on these records!
JCCD7005 TRAD JAZZ AROUND THE WORLD in three volumes
- Various Artists COVER JCCD3023
3 CDs £33 JCCD3023 JCCD3031 JCCD3044
4-4
4 CDs
£18.99
Ever popular collection of Jazz favourites in a 4 CD set. 96
Original tracks - including Kid Ory – Turk Murphy – Bunk
Johnson – Bobby Hackett – Edmund Hall - Louis Armstrong
- Muggsy Spanier - Red Allen – Jelly Roll Morton – Jimmy
Noone – Miff Mole – Wingy Manone – Red Allen – Sidney
Bechet – Jack Teagarden – Red Nichols - Louis Prima and
many more.
£14.99
This unique 58-track, 2 CD collection contains all his
singles, both A- and B-sides issued between 1954-1961.
Features 32 UK hits, including Lonnie’s four UK No. 1s
Cumberland Gap, Gamblin’ Man, Putting On The Style and
My Old Man’s A Dustman.
BUNK JOHNSON - Bunk and the New Orleans Revival
1924-1947
JASCD635
2 CDs
£14.99
Three great CDs in a 1990s series of recordings of first
rate New Orleans Jazz from around the world. Volume
1 features bands from Sweden, Australia and Scotland.
Volume 2 has bands from Japan, Canada and Belgium,
while Volume 3 features bands from France, Brazil and
the USA.
One of the finest names in jazz - here are 43 tracks of
Bunk with various bands that he led including the Yerba
Buena Jazzband, The Street Paraders, Bunk’s Brass Band,
Bunk’s New Orleans Jazzband, The V-Disc Veterans and
The Bunk Johnson Trio.
JCCD7006 WILBUR DePARIS – Live in Europe 1960 & Live
in Canada 1956
ACKER BILK - Mr Acker Bilk Requests
2 CDs £22 JCCD3032 Live in Canada
JCCD3082 Live in Europe
JCCD3032 De Paris in Canada dates from 1956 and
features Omer Simeon, Sonny White with special guests
Jimmy Rushing vocals and Willie ‘the Lion’ Smith piano.
JCCD3082 DeParis in Europe has recordings dating from
June 1960 and were recorded in France. The 11 tracks see
Wilbur in fine form and he swings more than usual. Sidney
blows some great stuff! It’s Wilbur and Sidney’s one last
fling - God bless them for the good times they gave us!
JASCD739
2 CDs
£14.99
50 tracks that perfectly reflect the career of one of the
great British jazz icons He was part of the jazz boom that
swept the UK in the 1950s but he always had his own
inimitable style. This is the perfect Bilk showcase and
includes all his greatest hits and a whole lot more.
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UPBEAT SERIES – SPECIAL OFFERS!
AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL
KEN COLYER Classic Years – Volumes 1 – 3
URCD001 3 CDs £33
URCD008 3 CDs £33
URCD164, URCD230 and URCD169.
Featured artists here are Barber, Ball & Bilk
plus Monty Sunshine, Bob Wallis, Alan Elsdon,
Humphrey Lyttelton, Alex Welsh, Diz Disley,
Fairweather – Brown and Terry Lightfoot.
URCD149, URCD189 and URCD202.
Three CDs from the Classic Colyer band
featuring Ken with Ian Wheeler, Mac Duncan,
Ray Foxley, Johnny Bastable, Ron Ward, and
Colin Bowden. Tracks from 1957 at Studio 51,
1957 at Eel Pie Island and 1960 at The Dancing Slipper.
SIMPLY THE BEST BRITISH JAZZ FROM THE 1950s
LONNIE DONEGAN Jubilee Concert 1981
URCD002 2 CDs £19.99
URCD009 2 CDs £19.99
URCD209 and URCD213.
Featured artists on this set include Humphrey
Lyttelton, Harry Gold, Chris Barber, Lonnie
Donegan, Christie Brothers, Crane River Jazz
Band, Ken Colyer, Cy Laurie, Sandy Brown
and many more!
URCD214 First half and URCD218 second
half of the Fairfield Hall Jubilee concert in 1981
featuring Lonnie with Ken Colyer, Pat Halcox,
Chris Barber, Monty Sunshine, Jim Bray &
Colin Bowden! What a line – up!
RICHARD BAKER’S Favourite Classics – 4 volumes
THE FULL MONTY SUNSHINE – Volumes 1 & 2
URCD003 4 Volumes £44
URCD010 2 CDs £19.99
Classical hits with Leland Chen playing violin
favourites, Carlos Bonell guitar classics, Allan
Schiller piano lollipops and Ian Partridge and
Beryl Korman singing songs & encores
accompanied by Jennifer Partridge.
URCD184 features Beryl Bryden and
George Melly in BBC broadcasts from
1961 – 62, plus an NDR broadcast from 1967,
while URCD206 has tracks from 1980 – 90.
THE MAC DUNCAN JAZZ BAND – Live at the Lord Napier 1973
GEORGE LEWIS COLLECTION
URCD005 2 CDs £19.99
URCD011 4 Double CDs £45
URCD188 and URCD201. These two CDs feature
Mac Duncan and Sonny Morris in ‘live’ sessions
from the Lord Napier in 1973. There are also
bonus tracks – the only recording of Frantique
Jazz Band featuring Mac and Sonny with
Len Jacobs, Jack Hobbs, John Griffith, Fred Belsey and Tony
Kinsey.
Fantastic offer – all four of our double
George Lewis CDs for a terrific price!
URCD233D George Lewis & Alton Purnell,
URCD237D Dr Jazz & Blues from the
Bayou, URCD240D Vintage George Lewis
and URCD244D Jass at the Ohio Union.
KEN COLYER – The Dieter Kreuter Tapes
BBC JAZZ From The 70s & 80s in 3 volumes
URCD012 3 CDs £33
URCD006 2 CDs £19.99
Classic Colyer from Studio 51 in 1958
URCD167 and URCD170. Ken with
Ian Wheeler, Mac Duncan, Johnny Bastable,
Ray Foxley, Ron Ward and Colin Bowden.
All the greats of British jazz in 3 volumes of
BBC recordings from the 70s & 80s including
Humphrey Lyttelton, Alan Elsdon, Sammy
Rimington, Chris Barber, Beryl Bryden,
Digby Fairweather, Bruce Turner, Ken Colyer,
George Chisholm, Cy Laurie and many more!
URCD152, 153 and 155.
ALEX WELSH
EARLY HUMPHREY LYTTELTON
URCD007 3 CDs £33
URCD175, URCD191 and URCD193
BBC Broadcasts
Oh! Baby from 1979 & 81, Just One More
Chance from 1966, 67 & 72 and finally Bones
for the King from 1966, 74 & 76.
URCD013 4 CD SET £44
URCD174 URCD182 URCD186 URCD223
URCD174 features Humph with his Big Band in 1958 BBC
Jazz Club sessions with Jimmy Rushing. URCD182 has
BBC broadcasts from 1956 – 1960 plus 4 tracks of the
Fairweather – Brown Allstars. URCD186 dates from 1957
at the 100 Club. URCD223 is from privately recorded
acetates from 1953 – 56, including tracks from the Paseo
Jazz Band.
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MORE UPBEAT SERIES – SPECIAL OFFERS!
HUMPH IN THE 80s
THE LONDON SWING ORCHESTRA
URCD020 4 CD SET £44
URCD014 3 CD SET £33
URCD138 URCD168 URCD234
These three CDs see Humph in fine form – an original
Calligraph CD from 1985 featuring Kenny Davern, a second
Calligraph LP, this time from 1983 featuring Wally Fawkes
plus a 1985 recording with Claude Luter featuring the Bad
Penny Blues rhythm section, Parker, Bray & Greig.
LONNIE DONEGAN COLLECTION
URCD249 URCD255 URCD263 URCD266
The complete 4 CD history of 20th century popular music
from the popular London Swing Orchestra recently featured
on Friday Night Is Music Night . URCD249 is The Roaring
Twenties, URCD255 is The Elegant Thirties. URCD263 is The
Birth of Swing 1935-45 while URCD266 is The Rise of the
Crooner 1945-1975 Just Jazz Magazine wrote of URCD249:
“The tunes are played flawlessly. Dalby has trained his
musicians well! On all counts, this CD delivers.”
KID ORY COLLECTION
URCD015 3 CD SET £33
URCD200 URCD212 URCD226
URCD200 This unique album is a tribute to the flair, drive
and professionalism that was Lonnie Donegan. He tells his
life story in his own words and music in a ‘live’ recording
made in 1994 at the 100 Club, Oxford Street. URCD212
is a superb ‘live’ recording of Lonnie’s last tour recorded in
October 2002 – Lonnie was on excellent form on what
was to be his last tour. Plus bonus tracks from his son
Peter who played piano on the Last Tour. URCD226 a superb album of Lonnie Donegan
from the late 60s featuring his much loved hit single My Old Man’s A Dustman plus some
hidden treasures. All of Donegan is presented here – music hall, fun, electric skiffle, blues
and ballads and a lot of laughs.
UPBEAT PORTRAIT SERIES
URCD016 SET 1
4 CDs
£44
URCD176 URCD187 URCD215 URCD231
The four CDs in this collection feature A Portrait of Papa
Mutt Carey – A New Orleans Master, A Portrait of Kid Ory
– The Greatest Slideman Ever Born, A Portrait of Muggsy
Spanier A – Z and A Portrait of Jelly Roll Morton – Oh, Mr
Jelly! Full details of each CD on our website.
UPBEAT PORTRAIT SERIES
URCD017 SET 2
4 CDs
£44
URCD225 URCD195 URCD238 URCD197
This 4 CD collection features A Portrait of Johnny Dodds
– King of the Blues Clarinet, A Portrait of Sidney Bechet in
Paris 1937 – 1952, A Portrait of Louis Jordan – The Birth
of Rhythm & Blues and A Portrait of George Lewis from
Burgundy Street to Berlin. Full details of each CD on our
website.
UPBEAT PORTRAIT SERIES
URCD18 SET 3
4 CDs
£44
URCD021 4 CD SET £44
URCD259 URCD262D URCD236 URCD241
3 single CDs and 1 double from this trombone legend.
URCD259 is the first CD release of The Original Jazz from
1957. URCD262D is a double which has tracks from
Storyville Nights, Dixieland Marching Songs & Kid Ory plays
WC Handy. URCD236 has the popular Verve album The Kid
From New Orleans together with a guest appearance at
Newport Jazz Festival. URCD241 has 2 albums Song of the
Wayfarer and tracks from Dance with Kid Ory, or Just Listen.
THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN
URCD022 3 CD SET £33
URCD203 URCD208 URCD220
URCD203 is Tea for Eight – our very first release and it
includes Tea for Two and Ukulele Lady. URCD208 is 33
Not Out and tunes include Chilli Bom Bom and Happy
Feet. URCD220 is The Writing on the Wall with 17 tracks
including Dog Bottom and Mornington Crescent.
CHRIS BARBER AT THE BBC – featuring OTTILIE
PATTERSON – Wireless Days
URCD023 2 CDs £19.99
URCD146 URCD177
Two collections of BBC broadcast material from Chris
Barber’s Jazz Band. Volume 1 has broadcasts dating from
1961 – 1962 while Volume 2 comprises broadcasts from
1961 – 1963. Both CDs feature Ottilie Patterson.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
URCD024 2 CD SET £19.99
URCD242 URCD235 URCD204 URCD243
The third selection of CDs features A Portrait of Sister
Rosetta Tharpe – The One and Only Queen of Hot Gospel,
A Portrait of Bunk Johnson – Bunk’s Blues, A Portrait of Louis
Armstrong – Birth of the All Stars and A Portrait of Louis
Prima – Sing Sing Sing. As always there are full details on
our website.
URCD256 URCD204
KEN COLYER at the Royal Festival Hall 1954 – The Lost Tapes
KEN COLYER Studio 51 Sessions 1972 Volumes 1 & 2
URCD019 2 CD SET £19.99
URCD025 2 CD SET £19.99
URCD198 & URCD205
URCD217 URCD222
URCD198 sees Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen and Skiffle Group in
concert at the Royal Festival Hall in 1954 featuring Chris
Barber, Monty Sunshine and Lonnie Donegan. There are
more tracks from this concert on URCD205 plus a bonus
of 8 great tracks from the Colston Hall 1956 featuring Ian
Wheeler and Mac Duncan.
The Ken Colyer Allstars at Studio 51 1972. Volume 1 has
sessions from January and February and runs 71 minutes
while Volume 2 has sessions from April and May running
a total of 74 minutes. Great line-up including Sammy
Rimington with some unusual tracks not easily found on
other albums.
URCD256 Birth of A Jazz Genius is a unique collection of
early Armstrong appearing with the likes of Bessie Smith,
Fletcher Henderson, Sidney Bechet and Clarence Williams.
URCD204 is Birth of the All Stars, Armstrong’s touring band.
21 tracks over 75 minutes.
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THE CHRIS BARBER BIG BAND –
In Concert on The Isle of Wight
KEN COLYER on VIDEO –
Rare footage from the Vaults
URDVD251 1 DVD £15.99
URDVD267 £15.99
A concert to celebrate Chris Barber’s 60th
Anniversary in the business sees Chris with
Mike Henry, Pete Rudeforth, Mike Snelling,
Richard Exall, Zoltan Safi, John Service and
John Slaughter. 18 songs including Bourbon
Street Parade, Rent Party Blues, Petite
Fleur, Oh! When The Saints Go Marching
In and many more. This 90 minute DVD is
region free and PAL format.
Rare footage of this iconic British bandleader. Although
shot as an amateur video, and despite its resulting
graininess and variable focus, the film is historically
important and a wonderful live reminder of happy days of
jazzing! Personnel include Ray Foxley and Colin Bowden. A
popular favourite among Colyer fans!
CHRIS BARBER at the BBC with JOE
HARRIOTT and OTTILIE PATTERSON
URCD158 1 CD £12.99
DVD
DVD
Colyer from the Archives featuring
Sammy Rimington
URCD265 1 CD £12.99
Recorded at the BBC Maida Vale Studios in
1963 the classic line – up also includes Pat Halcox
& Ian Wheeler. Ian Armit and Bobby Breen are
also guesting with the band and the introductions
are by Humphrey Lyttelton. 16 tracks.
This live Thames riverboat session dates from the early
70s. Ken had recently closed his Studio 51 Club and
given up leading a regular band, but was offered a regular
weekly slot at the 100 Club in Oxford Street and so the
All Stars were born. The stars on this recording are Sammy
Rimington, Mike Pointon, Bill Stotesbury, Annie Hawkins
and Colin Bowden. 72 glorious minutes of previously
unreleased material!
KEN COLYER – Christmas with Colyer
THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA – The Christmas Album
URCD180 1 CD £12.99
These unique performances were recorded in a
Dusseldorf Bierkeller in 1955 and feature Ken
with Mac Duncan, Ian Wheeler and Diz Disley.
The CD was voted in the top ten albums of 2002 by readers
of Jazz Review. Tracks include Ice Cream, Didn’t He Ramble,
Maryland, My Maryland, Get Happy and many more.
PR0010 1 CD £12.99
Give yourself a treat with this wonderful festive CD. 12 great
Christmas tracks recorded in 2011 and played as only the
Pasadena Roof Orchestra knows how! Songs include White
Christmas,Winter Wonderland, The Little Boy That Santa Claus
Forgot, It’s Winter Again and White Christmas.
HOT STUFF! Early Jazz Revisited
THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA
URCD264 1 CD £12.99
THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA – Fifteen Years On
Recorded on March 21st 1992 at the House of Solberg,
Banstead, Surrey, this CD features some of the hottest
names in jazz – Dick Charlesworth on clarinet & saxes,
Mike Pointon trombone & vocals, Chez Chesterman cornet
& vocals, Pat Hawes piano, Jim Forey banjo & guitar, John
Rodber bass and Rex Bennett drums. There are 15 tracks
lasting a total of 61+ minutes of hot jazz. This new release
is to celebrate the reforming of the band in May 2015.
URCD227 1 CD £12.99
Originally recorded in 1984 to mark 15 glorious years of
the orchestra, this CD was the first on the PRO’s own label.
So sit back and enjoy these wonderful arrangements all
over again, including Varsity Drag, Yes Yes (My Baby Said
yes), Solitude and a 1920s medley.
NEW ORLEANS REBORN!
THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA
– Live in London
JCCD7000 2 CDs £14.99
Pr0DVD040 1DVD £15.99
A 2 CD celebration of the Great Musicians of New Orleans
released to keep the music alive after Hurricane Katrina.
The set features all the great names on Jazz Crusade
including Sammy Rimington, Wilbur deParis, Brian
Carrick, Big Bill Bissonnette, Louis Nelson, Kid Sheik, Louis
Armstrong, Kid Thomas, Tuba Fats & many more.
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra celebrated its 40th
Anniversary with a sell out concert at London’s Cadogan
Hall on 20th May 2010. This high quality DVD is of the
complete show featuring Duncan Galloway and guests.
Runs over 2 hours.
VINTAGE CHILDREN’S FAVOURITES 1926 – 1959
RTS4162
2 CDs £14.99
Listening to ‘Children’s Favourites’ was a Saturday morning
ritual for millions in those far off days of innocence, and –
you never know – perhaps even today’s youngsters might
still be as entranced as their parents and grandparents were
by this remarkable collection of 48 vintage classics that
have stood the test of time . All from the original artists and
transcribed from cherished 78s. For children of all ages – and
the perfect stocking filler.
DVD
THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA Special Offer
PRo008 PRO009 £12.99 each OR PRO100 2 CDs FOR £22
PRO008 Roots of Swing
dates from 2007 and
features Duncan Galloway’s
inimitable vocals. 18 tracks
over 61.10 minutes. PRO009
Licensed to Swing was
recorded in 2011 and has 16
tracks and a running time of
50.24 minutes.
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