Kenny Baker presents Baker's Dozen � Volume One
THE�ORIGINAL LP NPT 19003 (1955)

Baker's boogie (Baker)
Ev'ntide (Carmichael)
Mean dog blues (Jackson)
Bugle call rag (Pettis; Meyers; Scholberl)
Harlem twist (Livingston; Moorehouse)
Blues I love to sing (Ellington; Miley)
Phil the fluter's ball (French)
Delirium (Schutt)

Baker's Dozen
Kenny Baker (trumpet, flugelhorn)
E O �Poggy' Pogson (bass/tenor/alto sax, oboe, ocarina, tin whistle, contrabass clarinet)
Harry Hayes (alto sax, clarinet)
Harry Klein (baritone/alto sax, clarinet)
Freddy Clayton (trumpet)
George Chisholm (trombone)
Martin Slavin (vibes, bells)
Eric Delaney (drums, timpani)
Bill McGuffie (piano, celeste)
Joe Mudele (bass)
Keith Bird (clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax)
Freddie Ballerini (tenor sax, clarinet, violin)

Recording engineer: Chris Philip, Supervision: Denis Preston

Kenny Baker presents The Half Dozen
THE�ORIGINAL�LP NJL 10 (1957)

How's this? (Baker)
Love me or leave me (Donaldson; Kahn)1
If I could be with you (Creamer; Johnson)
Keepin' out of mischief now (Waller; Razaf)
How can you face me? (Waller; Razaf)1
Puttin' on the Ritz (Berlin)1
Mr Paganini (You'll have to swing it) (Coslow)
Doo-dee (Baker)
St Louis blues (Handy)
Honolulu blues (Goldstein; Gunsky)

Kenny Baker's Half Dozen
Kenny Baker (trumpet)
George Chisholm (trombone)
Derek Collins (tenor sax, clarinet)
Harry Smith (piano)
Lennie Hastings (drums)
Jack Fallon (bass)
1 Eric Dawson (bass) replaces Jack Fallon

Recording engineer: Joe Meek, Supervision: Denis Preston

Trumpet legend and stalwart of Britain 's �trad' jazz scene of the 1950s, Kenny Baker is the subject of this particular Vocalion release. More to the point, it's Kenny Baker and his bands the Baker's Dozen and the Half Dozen who are heard on two albums they recorded in the mid-'50s following the success of the BBC Radio show �Let's Settle for Music', on which Kenny's band was the group-in-residence. Both albums feature stellar line-ups including names such as George Chisholm (trombone), Harry Hayes and Harry Klein (saxes), Joe Mudele (bass) and Eric Delaney (drums), among others. Kenny's golden trumpet sound is heard in numbers such as Puttin' on the Ritz, Bugle Call Rag, Keepin' Out of Mischief Now and many others as well as his original compositions including Baker's Boogie and Doo-Dee. All in all this release is a fine tribute to a fine trumpeter and the superb musicians who populated his groups.

CDNJT 5305

"Of note to enthusiasts of British rock music, the sound engineer on the �Half Dozen' album was Joe Meek � the eccentric and innovative character who would later produce groundbreaking works on his own label."

"Often grossly under-valued, British jazz has found a new niche and, via original LPs, cult collector status. Vocalion has recognised this and has been releasing excellent British jazz LPs, often via value-for-money sets of two LPs on a single CD. Well mastered, the latest batch includes John Dankworth's �5 Steps To Dankworth' paired with �Journey Into Jazz', Kenny Graham's �Presenting...' along with bonus tracks, Johnny Keating's �British Swinging Scots' and �...All Stars' plus, trumpeter, Kenny Baker's �Midnight At Nixa' and �After Hours'."
Hi-Fi World magazine, August 2008

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