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| 1. | Introduction by Willis Connover
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| 2. | Firth of Fourths
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| 3. | Caribe
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| 4. | Royal Ascot
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| 5. | Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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| 6. | Doggin' Around
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| 7. | Jones
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| 8. | Take The "A" Train
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| 9. | Riverside Stomp *
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| 10. | Freedom Walk *
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| 11. | After The Party *
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Jazz
Bonus Tracks (9-12): "The Criminal" Soundtrack Score..
SIR JOHN DANKWORTH, CBE, who died on 6th February had a career spanning six decades.
Many tributes have already been made throughout the broadcast and print media, but we feel the best way of acknowledging his tremendously diverse talent is to go back to a warm July evening in 1959, when his band played for the first time in the United States at the renowned Newport Jazz Festival.
Long unavailable, and a highly sought-after recording by jazz fans in general and Dankworth devotees in particular, we present an updated version of the original LP release - its first time on CD - with a terrific fully illustrated booklet boasting a new and insightful essay by noted jazz writer, Simon Spillett.
As an added bonus we include in this release the music for one of Sir John’s first film compositions, "The Criminal" (known in the U.S. as "The Concrete Jungle").
Full personnel details are included which throw up a few surprises at how frequently (and boldly) the line-ups were changed.
John Dankworth
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Sep 20, 1927 in London, England
Died: Feb 06, 2010 in London, England
Genre: Jazz
Most of the world knew John Dankworth best as Cleo Laine's longtime husband and accompanist, but he was a steady, if not especially inventive, player for many decades. He started his career in a novelty and traditional ensemble called the Garbage Men, led by Freddy Mirfield. Dankworth studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1944-1946, then began playing on transatlantic liners in order to come to America and hear jazz. He switched to alto sax in the late '40s, and in 1948 was a founding member of the Club Eleven. He began the Johnny Dankworth Seven in 1950, and from 1953 to 1964 led a large jazz band featuring Laine. A number of top players passed through, among them Derek Smith, Alan Branscombe, Danny Moss, Peter King, Ronnie Ross, and comic/actor Dudley Moore. Dankworth became Laine's music director in 1971 and trimmed the band down to ten pieces. Then in the early '80s he formed a touring quintet. Dankworth's profile as a composer was bigger than as a player; he wrote operatic works, pieces for a jazz band with symphony orchestra, and film scores. In 1969 he and Laine formed the Wavendon Allmusic Plan, a cultural organization presenting international performers from every sphere in its 300 seat concert hall. Dankworth also gave hundreds of lectures and conducted classes, workshops, and seminars, and in 1974 was honored for his contributions to jazz in England. Dankworth died in London on February 6, 2010, at age 86 after several months of illness.
---Ron Wynn, All Music Guide |
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