NEIL ARDLEY IAN CARR BRIT JAZZ - NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA

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	$		182

GREAT RECORD TOP LINE UP OF BRIT JAZZ PLAYERS RECORD IN EXCELLENT CONDITION NO SURFACE NOISE TOP CONDITION VINYL COVER GREAT ALSO SOME SMALL PEN/BIRO MARKS ON BACK UNDERLINING A FEW TRACKS BUT THE REST OF IT IS FINE

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 this album also has the originall concert ticket AND PROGRAMME feat the line up on the night ROY BUDD TRIO +DICK MORRISSEY QUARTET +NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA SOME GIG EH town hall chatham 23 rd june 1966 price 7/6 balcony seat medway arts festival??? mega rare

"WESTERN REUNION - LONDON 1965" - - NEIL ARDLEY AND THE NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA - - DECCA LK4690 - - SUPER COPY OF THIS MEGA RARE 1965 ORIGINAL UK BRITISH JAZZ RELEASE OF OUTSTANDING JAZZ !!! - - Wow!!!! - - what an awesome live session this is of this ground breaking, fantastic orchestra of some of Britain's finest !!! - - This, their first foray into the recording studio, is, as you will hear, greeted with ultra enthusiasm from the assembled audience and beieve me it warrants every cheer !!! - - The brilliant Ardley, has assembled here a magnificent set of young blood talent, the average age being just 23 years of age, it is really quite unbelievable !!! - - This session is made up of 9 trax, that includes some stunning arranging and soloing from all members.....they include, Ardley's own classic, "Shades of blue", 2 Miles originals in, "So what" & "Milestones", a beautiful version of "Django" and plays us out with a roaring Ardley arranged version of, Gerry Mulligan's superb title track, "Western reunion",  plus 4 more, awesome numbers !!! - - Amongst the assembled throng are such mega musicians as, Ian Carr, Bob Leaper, Johnny Mumford, who plays some storming trombone solos, Trevor Watts, Barbara Thompson and Dave Gelly are among the excellent reed section, plus a superb rhythm section in, Mike Barrett, pno, Tony Reeves, bass and the superb John Hiesman on drums !!! - - (play tested in it's entirety, at 2.2 gms using an dynevector cartridge) - - Now increasingly difficult to find, this is a rare chance to acquire a really nice copy, of this rare and magnificent, Brit - jazz LP !!! - - Offered on auction with NO reserve, thankyou for your interest and good luck with your bidding

The New Jazz Orchestra was formed in December 1963, its name reflecting both the youth of its members - their average age was only 23 - and their mission to perform the new kind of orchestral jazz that was then developing in America but still to be heard in Britain. The personnel included such (then) non-jazz instruments as flute, horn and tuba in addition to the standard brass, saxes and rhythm line-up of the big band. This is the NJO's first album, recorded in March 1965 before an invited audience to make the young band feel at ease.
  In these early days, the orchestra's repertoire consisted almost entirely of arrangements of standard songs and jazz tunes. There were traditional big-band numbers as well as more orchestral pieces that made use of a wider range of tone colour allied to more complex harmony. There is only one original composition here, Neil Ardley's Shades of Blue, but some of the arrangements are beginning to explore composition; Western Reunion for example soon abandons the simple tune and develops it.
   With Jon Hiseman at the helm, the NJO was remarkable at the time for its rhythm section - no other British large ensemble could swing like this. And every section contained great jazz soloists in the making already playing imaginative and well-constructed improvisations with tremendous drive and verve.

Tracks    [Total time 44.00]
Big P ( Jimmy Heath) : Shades of Blue (Neil Ardley) : So What (Miles Davis arr Les Carter, Paul Rutherford) : If You Could See Me Now (Dameron, Sigman arr Lionel Grigson) : Tiny's Blues (T. & A.Kahn arr Dave Gelly) : Milestones (Miles Davis arr Les Carter) : Django (John Lewis arr Neil Ardley) : Maria (Bernstein, Sondheim arr Les Carter) : Western Reunion (Gerry Mulligan arr Neil Ardley)

Personnel
Bob Leaper, Mike Phillipson, Tony Dudley, Ian Carr (trumpets & flugelhorn) : Mick Palmer ( French horn) : John Mumford, Paul Rutherford (trombones) : Peter Harvey (bass trombone) : Dick Hart (tuba) : Les Carter, Trevor Watts; Barbara Thompson, Dave Gelly, Tom Harris, Sebastian Freudenberg (woodwind, saxes) : Mike Barrett (piano) : Tony Reeves (bass) : Jon Hiseman (drums) : Neil Ardley (director)