DUNCAN SWIFT

THE BROADWOOD CONCERT

Format: CD/Cassette
Catalogue Number: BEAR CD34/MC34
UK Price: CD £9.99/Cassette £5.99 + p&p

"Undersung master of swing and stride piano." - The Guardian

"One of the finest and most exciting stride players in the world ... marvelous mind-bending solos." - Jazz News International

 

LINE-UP: VAL WISEMAN (vocal), DIGBY FAIRWEATHER (trumpet/cornet/flugelhorn), AL GAY (tenor sax/clarinet), ROY WILLIAMS (trombone), BRIAN LEMON (piano), JIM DOUGLAS (guitar), LEN SKEAT (double bass), EDDIE TAYLOR (drums)

BILL ALLRED'S GOODTIME JAZZ BAND

SWING THAT MUSIC

Format: CD/Cassette/LP
Catalogue Number: BEAR CD31/MC31/LP31
UK Price: CD £9.99/Cassette & LP £5.99 + p&p

 

From Orlando, Florida the best Dixieland band in the world recorded live at the 1989 Birmingham International Jazz Festival. Bill Allred was for many years trombonist with Wild Bill Davison and leader of the famed Rosie O'Grady Jazz Band. Since going solo, and signing exclusively to Big Bear Records, Allred's Goodtime Jazz Band is a top attraction on the international festival circuit.

"The leader's world class playing ... show-stopping presentation and knowing exactly what the audience wants. Buy and enjoy." - Just Jazz

 

LINE-UP: BILL ALLRED (trombone/vocal), DON LORD (cornet), J.J. ARGENZIANO (trumpet), TERRY MYERS (tenor sax/clarinet), JIM MAIHACK (piano/trombone), BOYD BERGESON (guitar/banjo), SAM NOTO (bass/tuba), WARREN SAUER (drums)

GROOVE JUICE SPECIAL

GROOVE JUICE COMIN' TO TOWN

 

Format: Cassette/LP
Catalogue Number: BEAR MC29/LP29
UK Price: Cassette & LP £5.99 + p&p

 

Taking their name from a 1940s gag by Slim Gaillard, Groove Juice smoothly combine jazz with jump and swing. Led from the piano by Ralph Laing, a veteran of the UK scene who has played with such notables as Buddy Tate and a host of other visiting Americans.

 

"Superbly arranged, real jump music here. A goodie - really neat. Performed beautifully ... pure joy. This one really rocks." - Jazz News

 

LINE-UP: RALPH LAING (piano/arranger/leader), DAVE LEITHHEAD (trumpet/vocal), AL FAIRWEATHER (trumpet), FRANK FENNELL (clarinet/alto & tenor saxes), MEL THORPE (flute/tenor sax), FRANK FEENEY (guitar), CLIVE MORTON (bass), JOHN COX (drums) with KATE McNAB (vocal) & special guests SWEET SUBSTITUTE

VARIOUS

BRITISH JAZZ AWARDS 1987

Format: Cassette/LP
Catalogue Number: BEAR MC27/LP27
UK Price: Cassette & LP £5.99 + p&p

Cut by the '87 Award winners in jubilant mood. Three spirited numbers by the whole ensemble plus Roy Williams and John Barnes in a trombone/baritone duo with Green and Ganley, a delicious Humph and Brian Lemon duet and a stunning Martin Taylor solo outing. Shows why the nation's jazz fans repeatedly vote for these great players in the annual British Jazz Awards.

"A fitting tribute to the best of British jazz." - Jazz Journal International

 

LINE-UP: HUMPHREY LYTTELTON (trumpet), ROY WILLIAMS (trombone), PETER KING (alto sax), DICK MORRISSEY (tenor sax), JOHN BARNES (baritone sax), BRIAN LEMON (piano), MARTIN TAYLOR (guitar), DAVE GREEN (double bass), ALLAN GANLEY (drums)

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THE M&B JAM SESSION VOL. 1

Format: LP
Catalogue Number: BEAR 26
UK Price: Cassette & LP £5.99 + p&p

Live recording of the celebrated 1984 jam session which gave birth to the Birmingham International Jazz Festival. Close to a full hour of exciting swinging jazz from a stellar round-up of top British musicians.

"Red blooded English jazz at its best." - Music Week

 

LINE-UP: HUMPHREY LYTTELTON (trumpet), DIGBY FAIRWEATHER (trumpet), ROY WILLIAMS (trombone), ROY CRIMMINS (trombone), BRUCE TURNER (alto sax), DICK MORRISSEY (tenor sax), RANDY COLVILLE (clarinet), DAVE SHEPHERD (clarinet), MICK PYNE (piano), JIM DOUGLAS (guitar), HARVEY WESTON (bass), JOHNNY RICHARDSON (drums)

CLAUDE WILLIAMS

KANSAS CITY GIANTS

Format: LP
Catalogue Number: BEAR 25
UK Price: Cassette & LP £5.99 + p&p

Claude 'Fiddler' Williams was a downbeat pollwinner in the thirties - as guitarist with the Count Basie Band. Hot jazz fiddle is his chosen instrument and this record - cut in Kansas City in 1979 with his own touring quartet - is his finest hour.

 

"The most immaculate swing fiddle I've ever heard." - The Observer

LINE-UP: CLAUDE WILLIAMS (violin/vocal), FRANK SMITH (piano), GERRY LEONARD (bass guitar), RICHARD ROSS (drums/vocal)