Compare the best of British jazzcirca 1963 with American soundsfrom labels such as Prestige,Tangerine and World Pacific. Thisalbum captures the period whenrhythm and blues is emerging asthe dominant club sound, forcing Soho jazz clubs to change their music policy inorder to survive. On the British side, youve got Ronnie Scotts arrangement of LastMinute Bossa Nova Bang, taken from Dick Morrissey Quartets first session for theBBCs World Service, recorded around the time of the release of their first albumHave You Heard The version here is take two. You can hear take one along with therest of the eleventrack session on RampB18 Jazz For Moderns.Early In The Morning is a Ginger BakerJack Bruce arrangement of the traditionalwork song realized as a repeated blues riff, and is the first ever recording that isrecognizably British Blues. Graham Bond features on alto sax along with Bruce andBaker together as members of the Johnny Burch Octet heard playing live at a BBCstaff party from March 1963. Side Two features Jazz Stateside, such as West Coastguitarist Johnny Hartsman, Gene Ammons veering into proto jazzfunk on JungleSoul, aka Ca039 Purange plus a couple of top notch Hammond workouts from TerrellPrude and Charles Kynard.Please allow 57 business days for dispatch.
