Various Artists - I Had the Craziest Dream: Modern Jazz and Hard-Bop in Post War London, Vol. 3 [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: DEATH058CD
Barcode: 5050580784345
Release Date: 27 May 2022
Genre: Hard Bop

01: The All Star Sextet Fallonology
02: Victor Feldman Big Band Elegy
03: Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists Dance of the Zombies
04: Steve Race Bop Group Vertigo
05: Shake Keane & The Michael Garrick Quartette Regrets
06: Tommy Whittle Quintet 12 by 5
07: The Dill Jones Trio Deep Forest
08: Wilton Gaynair The Way You Look Tonight
09: The Don Rendell Sextet Thames Walk
10: Ronnie Ball Trio Thou Swell
11: Stan Tracey Trio Boo-Bah
12: Dizzy Reece Riviera
13: The Eddie Thompson Trio Eddification
14: Harry Klein Quartet Darn That Dream

The third volume in a survey of the modern jazz & hard-bop scenes that emerged in the new cultural melting pot of post war London, with recordings from the end of the 1940s through to the early 1960s.

Featuring representations from players whose roots lay in the East-End's jewish community alongside a wealth of talent of Caribbean and African descent playing and recording in post war London during this period.

Made in partnership with the Barbican to coincide with the exhibition Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945-1965.credits

More From This Artist: Dizzy Reece Harry Klein Quartet Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists Ronnie Ball Trio Shake Keane & The Michael Garrick Quartette Stan Tracey Trio Steve Race Bop Group The All Star Sextet The Dill Jones Trio The Don Rendell Sextet The Eddie Thompson Trio Tommy Whittle Quintet Victor Feldman Big Band Wilton Gaynair