Boxset / Compilation · 2017
Tracklist
1 –The Joe Harriott Quartet What Is This Thing Called Love? 3:03
2 –The Joe Harriott Quartet Don't Blame Me 3:26
3 –The Joe Harriott Quartet Dicky Bird 3:38
4 –The Joe Harriott Quartet My Old Flame 3:38
5 –The Melody Makers All Stars Top Score 6:54
6 –The Melody Makers All Stars Mood Indigo 6:03
7 –Joe Harriott With Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra* Autumn In New York 4:10
8 –Joe Harriott With Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra* A Night In Tunisia 3:30
9 –Joe Harriott With Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra* I Didn't Know What Time It Was 3:35
10 –The Daily Mail International Jazz Festival All-Stars Festival Jump 6:40
11 –The Daily Mail International Jazz Festival All-Stars Milestones 6:33
12 –The Daily Mail International Jazz Festival All-Stars Jackie-ing 4:49
13 –The Daily Mail International Jazz Festival All-Stars Helter Skelter 7:35
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Derek Humble (tracks: 7 to 9), Hans Kretzschmar (tracks: 7 to 9), John Dankworth (tracks: 10 to 13)
Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Joe Harriott
Baritone Saxophone – Eddie Busnello (tracks: 7 to 9), Harry Klein (tracks: 5, 6)
Bass – Coleridge Goode, Johnny Fischer (tracks: 7 to 9), Johnny Hawksworth (tracks: 5, 6)
Conductor, Arranged By – John Dankworth (tracks: 5, 6)
Drums – Allan Ganley (tracks: 5, 6, 10 to 13), Stuff Combe (tracks: 7 to 9)
Leader – Kurt Edelhagen (tracks: 7 to 9)
Piano – Colin Purbrook (tracks: 10 to 13), Dave Lee (7) (tracks: 5, 6), Francis Coppieters (tracks: 7 to 9)
Piano, Vibraphone – Alan Branscombe (tracks: 10 to 13)
Tenor Saxophone – Danny Moss (tracks: 10 to 13), Don Rendell (tracks: 5, 6), Jean-Louis Chautemps (tracks: 7 to 9), Jimmy Skidmore (tracks: 5, 6), Karl Drewo (tracks: 7 to 9), Tubby Hayes (tracks: 10 to 13)
Trombone – Chris Barber (tracks: 10 to 13), Christian Kellens (tracks: 7 to 9), Don Lusher (tracks: 5, 6), George Chisholm (tracks: 5, 6), John Picard (tracks: 10 to 13), Keith Christie (tracks: 5, 6), Raymond Droz (tracks: 7 to 9)
Trumpet – Bert Courtley (tracks: 5, 6), Dickie Hawdon (tracks: 10 to 13), Dusko Goykovich (tracks: 7 to 9), Eddie Blair (tracks: 5, 6), Fritz Weichbrodt (tracks: 7 to 9), Humphrey Lyttelton (tracks: 10 to 13), Jimmy Deuchar (tracks: 7 to 9), Kenny Baker (tracks: 5, 6), Kenny Ball (tracks: 10 to 13), Milo Pavlovic (tracks: 7 to 9), Rob Pronk (tracks: 7 to 9), Shake Keane (tracks: 10 to 13)
Valve Trombone – Ken Wray (tracks: 7 to 9)
Vibraphone – Bill Le Sage (tracks: 5, 6)
Voice [Introduction] – Kenneth Allsop (tracks: 10 to 13)
About this release
Acrobat Music – ACMCD4392 (UK)
Tracks 1 to 4 recorded June 21st, 1955, Lansdowne Studios, London.
Originally issued on Columbia 7" EP SEG 7605 - The Joe Harriott Quartet
Tracks 5 + 6 recorded October 1957, Lansdowne Studios, London.
Originally issued on Nixa 10" LP NJT 509 - All The Winners: Melody Maker Jazz Poll 1957
Tracks 7 to 9 recorded February 1959, WDR Studios, Cologne, Germany.
Tracks 10 to 13 recorded June 6th, 1963, Paris Theatre, London.
Track 11 previously issued on Acrobat Music ACTRCD9042 - Tubby Hayes: Without A Song - Rare Live Recordings 1954-73 (2014)
Tracks 7 to 10, 12, 13 previously unreleased.
Thanks to snobb for the addition