This Is British Progressive Jazz, by Various Artists

John Dankworth Big Band - Samba Six (excerpt)

This Is British Progressive Jazz

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1.	John Stevens Seven - Sixes & Nines
2.	John Surman Sextet - Skid & Badger
3.	Dudu Pukwana & Friends - Marco
4.	Coe Wheeler & Co - HSTZWCH
5.	Graham Collier Music - Old Established Bradford Mill Owners
6.	Don Rendell & Barbara Thompson Five - Devon Dance
7.	John Dankworth Big Band - Samba Six 07:02 video	info	buy track
8.	Pat Smythe Quartet - British Rail (Unreleased Paris Version) 12:06	info	buy track
9.	Brian Miller Band - What Time Is It?

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Nine previously unreleased tracks from the golden era of British jazz.
Featuring the cream of players and composers from the period.
Stereophonic sound.

All tracks original source - public domain.
These restorations and remasters by British Progressive Jazz © 2024

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releases May 24, 2024

John Stevens Seven - Sixes & Nines (Kenny Wheeler)
Recorded in London, December 1965
Kenny Wheeler - flugelhorn
Chris Pyne - trombone
Ray Warleigh - alto sax
Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
Mike Pyne - piano
Ron Mathewson - double bass
John Stevens - drums

John Surman Sextet - Skid & Badger (John Warren)
Recorded in London, November 1970
John Surman - baritone & soprano sax
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet & flugelhorn
Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
John Taylor - electric piano
Brian Odgers - bass guitar
Alan Jackson - drums

Dudu Pukwana & Friends - Marco (Dudu Pukwana)
Recorded in Baden Baden, December 1971
Dudu Pukwana - alto sax
Marc Charig - trumpet
Chris McGregor - piano
Ron Mathewson - double bass
Alan Jackson - drums

Coe, Wheeler & Co - HSTZWCH (Kenny Wheeler)
Recorded in London, April 1971
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet & flugelhorn
Tony Coe - tenor sax & clarinet
Pat Smythe - piano
Ron Matthewson - double bass
John Marshall - drums

Graham Collier Music - Old Established Bradford Mill Owners (Graham Collier)
Recorded in London, July 1971
John Carberry - narrator
Harry Beckett - trumpet & flugelhorn
Alan Wakeman - tenor & soprano sax
Bob Sydor - tenor & alto sax
Geoff Castle - piano
Graham Collier - double bass
John 'Chick' Webb - drums

Don Rendell/Barbara Thompson Five - Devon Dance (Don Rendell)
Recorded in London, April 1972
Don Rendell - tenor sax
Barbara Thompson - soprano sax
Peter Lemer - piano
Roy Babbington - double bass
Jon Hiseman - drums

John Dankworth Big Band - Samba Six (John Dankworth)
Recorded in London, January 1972
John Dankworth - alto sax
Martin Drover, Kenny Wheeler, Hank Shaw, Henry Lowther - trumpets
Mike Gibbs, David Horler - trombones
John Jenkins - tuba
Tony Cook - french horn
Don Fay, Duncan Lamont, Stan Sulzmann - sax & flutes
Bruce Graham - electric piano
Chris Spedding - guitar
Tony Campo - bass guitar
Kenny Clare - drums
Ray Cooper - percussion

Pat Smythe Quartet - British Rail (unreleased Paris version) (Pat Smythe, Allan Holdsworth)
Recorded in Paris, July 1973
Pat Smythe - Fender Rhodes
Allan Holdsworth - guitar
Daryl Runswick - double bass
John Marshall - drums

Brian Miller Band - What Time Is It? (Brian Miller)
Recorded in London, March 1971
Harry Beckett - trumpet & flugelhorn
Frank Gellett - trumpet & flugelhorn
Tony Milliner - trombone
Dick Hart - tuba
Stan Sulzmann - saxes & flutes
Alan Skidmore - saxes & flutes
John Taylor - piano
Brian Miller - electric piano
Dave Markee - bass guitar
Tony Faulkner - drums

Very special thanks to: Fabio Loli, Pat Thomas, Matt Leivers, Kirk Annett, Nigel Atkinson, Kelly N. Wiggin, Wayne Duncan, Andrew Naylor, Arno Kolster, Richard Hammond, Wang Xj, Robert Mallett, Mark Huggett, Collin Markum, Stuart Ansell, Seton Hawkins, Daniel Parker, Michael Steininger, Paul Nightingale, Jasper Maudsley.

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