Featuring the Tony Crombie Band, the Eddie Thompson Trio, Mike Daniels & His Delta Jazzmen & the Lennie Felix Trio
Programme no. 86 (103514) recorded at BBC Studios, London, 30 December 1959
Spoken intro (David Jacobs) & Theme Time’s a-Wastin’ (Ellington; George)*
East of the Sun (Bowman)*
Baby Blue (Tracey)*
People Will Say We’re in Love (Rodgers; Hammerstein)**
Just in Time (Styne; Comden; Green)**
Summertime (Gershwin; Heyward)*
Three For, Three Four (Thompson)**
Will You Still be Mine? (Dennis; Adair)**
Spoken sign-off (David Jacobs) & Theme Time’s a-Wastin’ (Ellington; George)*
* Tony Crombie Band
Leon Calvert, Les Condon (trumpets)
Al Newman (alto sax/clarinet)
Bobby Wellins (tenor sax)
Harry Klein (baritone sax)
Stan Tracey (piano)
Kenny Napper (bass)
Tony Crombie (drums)
** Eddie Thompson Trio
Eddie Thompson (piano)
Bill Sutcliffe (bass)
Terry Lovelock (drums)
Note: Other than Al Newman, Stan Tracey, Tony Crombie and Eddie Thompson, David Jacobs does not identify the musicians. Listed above is the personnel of the Tony Crombie Band and the Eddie Thompson Trio as at December 1959.
Producer: Terry Henebery
Programme no. 87 (103515) recorded at BBC Studios, London, December 1959/January 1960
Spoken intro (David Jacobs) & Theme Time’s a-Wastin’ (Ellington; George)***
Steamboat Stomp (Morton)***
Rose Room (Hickman; Williams)****
King Porter Stomp (Morton)***
A Good Man is Hard to Find (Green)*** vocal: Doreen Beatty
Struttin’ with Some Barbecue (Armstrong; Raye)****
Body and Soul (Green; Heyman; Sour; Eyton)****
Chattanooga Stomp (Oliver)***
Spoken sign-off (David Jacobs) & Theme Time’s a-Wastin’ (Ellington; George)***
*** Mike Daniels & His Delta Jazzmen
Mike Daniels (trumpet)
Gordon Blundy (trombone)
John Barnes (clarinet)
Des Bacon (piano/clarinet)
Geoff Walker (banjo)
Don Smith (bass/sousaphone)
Arthur Fryatt (drums)
Doreen Beatty (vocal)
**** Lennie Felix Trio
Lennie Felix (piano)
Gerry Salisbury (bass)
Danny Craig (drums)
Producer: Terry Henebery
3, 5 etc. spoken intros
CDEA 6242