Playlist
DISC 1
Ttile When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Artist Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Composer Romberg / Hammerstein
Album Painting the Clouds With Sunshine
Label Black Lion
Number BLCD760501 Track 5
Personnel: Ken Colyer, cnt; Mike Sherbourne, tb; Bruce Bakewell, cl; Ray Smith, p; Bill Stotsebury, bj; Alyn Shipton, b; Colin Bowden, d. 6 Oct 1979.
DISC 2
Title I'm Travelling
Artist Crane River Jazz Band
Composer trad.
Album Ken Colyer: As Good as it Gets
Label Smith + Co
Number SCCD 1141 CD 2 Track 10
Personnel: Ken Colyer, Sonny Morris, t; Monty Sunshine, cl; Ray Orpwood, tb; Ben Marshall, bj; Pat Hawes, p; Denny Coffey, b; Bill Colyer, wb. Royal Festival Hall, 1951
Also on LakeLACD 182
DISC 3
Title Creole Song
Artist Christie Brothers Stompers
Composer trad.
Album Ken Colyer: As Good as it Gets
Label Smith + Co
Number SCCD 1141 CD 1 Track 12
Personnel: Ken Colyer, t; Keith Christie, tb; Ian Christie, cl; Pat Hawes, p; Ben Marshall, bj; Denny Coffey, b; Bill Colyer, wb. June 18 1951
also on Vintage Ken Colyer Vol 2, Lake LACD 236
DISC 4
Title Black Cat On The Fence
Artist Ken Colyer
Composer trad arr. Love
Album Ken Colyer in New Orleans
Label 504
Number CD53 Track 12
Personnel: Ken Colyer, t; Harrison Brazlee, tb; Emile Barnes, cl; Billy Huntington, bj; Albert Glenny, b; Albert Jiles, d. 24 Feb 1953.
DISC 5
Title Isle Of Capri
Artist Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Composer Grosz / Kennedy
Album New Orleans to London / Back to the Delta
Label Lake
Number LACD 209 Track 1
Personnel: KC, t; Chris Barber, tb; Monty Sunshine, cl; Lonnie Donegan, bj; Jim Bray, b; Ron Bowden, d. 2 Sep 1953
also on Lake LACD14, but without the alternate Back to the Delta sides.
DISC 6
Title Stockyard Strut
Artist Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Composer Taylor
Album Best of British Jazz from the BBC Jazz Club
Label Upbeat
Number URCD 118 Track 3
Personnel: as above, exact date unknown, 1953/4.
DISC 7
Title Postman's Lament
Artist Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Composer Wiggs
Album New Orleans to London / Back to the Delta
Label Lake
Number LACD 209 Track 15
Personnel: KC, t; Ed O'Donnell, tb; Acker Bolk, cl; Diz Disley, bj; Dick Smith, b; Stan Greig, d. 30 Oct 1954 RFH London.
DISC 8
Title K C Moan
Artist Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group
Composer
Album Vintage Ken Colyer, Vol 2
Label Lake
Number LACD 236 Track 19
Personnel: KC, g; Alexis Korner, g, mand; Diz Disley g; Mickey Ashman, b; Bill Colyer, wb. 25 June 1954.
DISC 9
Title Dippermouth Blues
Artist Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Composer Oliver, Armstrong
Album Ken Colyer: As Good as it Gets
Label Smith + Co
Number SCCD 1141 CD 1 Track 1
Personnel: KC, t; Mac Duncan tb; Ian Wheeler, cl; Johnny Bastable, bj; Dick Smith, b; Colin Bowden, d. March 8, 1956.
DISC 10
Title Blame It On The Blues
Artist Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Composer Dorsey
Album Club Session With Colyer
Label Lake
Number LACD6 Track 2
Personnel: KC, t; Mac Duncan tb; Ian Wheeler, cl; Johnny Bastable, bj; Ron Ward, b; Colin Bowden, d. 4 Oct or 16 Nov 1956.
DISC 11
Title Gettysburg March
Artist Ken Colyer's Omega Brass Band
Composer Trad
Album Marching Back to New Orleans
Label Lake
Number LACD21 Track 11
Personnel: KC, Bob Wallis, Sonny Morris, t; Mac Duncan, Mick Clift, tb; Ian Wheeler, cl; Dave Keir, as; Derek Easton, ts; Mo Benn, tu; Colin Bowden, sn d; Neil Millet, b dm. 8 Sep 1957
DISC 12
Title Perdido St Blues
Artist Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Composer Armstrong
Album Serenading Auntie
Label Upbeat
Number 173 Track 6
Personnel: KC, t; Graham Stewart tb; Sammy Rimington, cl; Ray Foxley, p; Johnny Bastable, bj; Ron Ward, b; Colin Bowden, d. 4 Aug 1960
DISC 13
Title Drop Me Off In Harlem
Artist Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Composer Ellington / Kenny
Album Live At The Dancing Slipper
Label Azure
Number CD 25 Track 1
Personnel: KC, t; Geoff Cole tb; Tony Pike, cl; Johnny Bastable, bj; Bill Cole, b; Malc Murphy d, Nottingham 1969
DISC 14
Title Yearning Just For You
Artist Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Composer Burke / Davis
Album Out of Nowhere
Label Lake
Number CD 101 Track 13
Personnel: KC, t; Geoff Cole tb; Sammy Rimington, cl; Richard Simmons, p; Johnny Bastable, bj; Bill Cole, b; Brian Hetherington d, April 1966
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