Jazz
Terry Lightfoot (cl, vc)
Colin Smith (tr)
John Hunt (trom)
Alan Wilcox (bjo)
Bill Reid (bs)
Johnny Richardson (dr)
John Bennett (trom)
Sonny Morris (tr)
Martin Boorman (bjo)
Ginger Baker (dr)
In the heady days of the Trad Boom of the late 1950s/early 1960s there were the three big names Ball, Barber and Bilk, but running alongside was Terry Lightfoot. The term 'Trad' was invented for the Lightfoot band (it was the title of an made in 1958). Terry regularly beat Acker Bilk as top Jazz clarinetist in the Melody Maker Readers' Poll. This CD is part of LAKE's continuing 'Vintage' series and presents the first recordings made by the band as a semi-professional unit. They seemed to go in at the top because the recordings were made at the Royal Festival Hall. Their talent and ability is self-evident. They were quickly snapped up by legendary record Producer, Denis Preston, and signed for the major Pye label and shortly afterwards they turned professional. As well as the early Pye recordings there are rare recordings made under a pseudonym for the small 77 label. The trumpeters on this collection are both legends of British Jazz, Sonny Morris and Colin Smith.
Terry Lightfoot
Active Decade: '00s
Born: May 21, 1935 in Potters Bar, Middlesex, England
Genre: Jazz
Terry Lightfoot made his, professional debut as a bandleader in 1956, and since that time has established an international reputation as a clarinetist, saxophonist and vocalist of the highest calibre. He was prominent in the traditional jazz revival in Britain in the 1950''s and reached a much wider audience during the "Trad" boom of the early 1960''s. During this period, and in subsequent years, he has broadcast prolifically, both on radio and TV, recorded many albums, and appeared in the only movie to feature British jazz bands, "It''s Trad Dad!". In 1964, Terry made his first visit to the U.S.A. and played in New York at the legendary Eddie Condon club, and the following year toured Britain with the great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. He had previously met "Satch" in London in 1956, when he had the privilege of "jamming" with the man whose recordings first introduced him to jazz music as a teenager. During the course of his career, he has work |
