Johnny Dankworth - African Waltz: The Singles Collection 1950-62 - It's a fine showcase for a noted pioneer of British jazz and a hugely innovative jazz personality. - Sir John Dankworth CBE, as he was formally known, was a jazz saxophonist, clarinettist, bandleader and composer who probably did more than any other musician to introduce and promote modern jazz in the UK, becoming an internationally respected figure in the process, as well as introducing his future wife and renowned singer Cleo Laine to the jazz scene. Born in 1927, he trained at the Royal Academy of Music, before being further exposed to jazz while serving in the RAF and in post-war years playing on transatlantic liners enabling him to see and play jazz in New York. After playing with Charlie Parker at the 1949 Paris Jazz Festival he formed the Johnny Dankworth Seven in 1950, eventually developing to a big band in 1953. His early recordings came out on singles and EPs, and even as he turned increasingly towards albums, he continued to release singles on a regular basis. This 75-track 3-CD collection comprises most of the A & B sides of his UK releases on the Jazz Parade, Esquire, Parlophone, Capitol, Columbia and Fontana labels from these years, and features his Top 10 UK hits "Experiments With Mice" and "African Waltz", which also made the US charts. It features vocal performances by Dame Cleo Laine and Frank Holder, as well as performances by noted British jazz musicians, including Jimmy Deuchar, Eddie Harvey, Don Rendell, Bill LeSage, Tony Kinsey, Steve Race, Tommy Whittle, Kenny Clare, Ronnie Ross, Alan Branscombe, Pete King and Dudley Moore. It's a fine showcase for a noted pioneer of British jazz and a hugely innovative jazz personality.
8 Lament and Wild Dance (Excerpts from "The Conway Suite"
9 Marching Through Georgia
10 Star Dust
11 I Hear Music
12 Webb City
13 Mr. & Mississippi
14 Lush Life
15 Strictly Confidential
16 Allen's Alley
17 (It's No) Sin
18 Wedding of the Painted Doll
19 Stompin' at the Savoy
20 M.Y.O.B
21 The Very Thought of You
22 Bopscotch
23 Belle of the Ball
- Disc 2 -
1 Someone to Watch Over Me
2 Honeysuckle Rose
3 Swingin'
4 Moon Flowers
5 I Get a Kick Out of You
6 Easy Living
7 's Wonderful
8 It's the Talk of the Town
9 The Slider
10 My Buddy
11 Runnin' Wild
12 Oo-Be-Doop
13 I Got Rhythm
14 I Know You're Mine
15 Perdido
16 Four of a Kind
17 Mambo in the Moonlight
18 Bugle Call Rag
19 You Go to My Head
20 Ain't Misbehavin'
21 I Got It Bad, and That Ain't Good
22 Cole Storage
23 Get Happy
24 Singin' in the Rain
25 Non-Stop London
26 Indiana
- Disc 3 -
1 Feather Merchant
2 Memories of You
3 Moby Dick
4 Experiments with Mice
5 Applecake
6 Blues in the Night
7 Adios
8 All Clare
9 Melbourne Marathon
10 Duke's Joke
11 Coquette
12 Big Jazz Story
13 Firth of Fourths
14 The Colonel's Tune
15 Jim and Andy's
16 African Waltz
17 Moanin'
18 Avengers Theme
19 Chano
20 String of Camels
21 Winter Wail
22 Cannonball
23 S O Blues
24 O Pato
25 Hoe Down
26 Sing, Sing, Sing
Johnny Dankworth - African Waltz: The Singles Collection 1950-62 - It's a fine showcase for a noted pioneer of British jazz and a hugely innovative jazz personality. - Sir John Dankworth CBE, as he was formally known, was a jazz saxophonist, clarinettist, bandleader and composer who probably did more than any other musician to introduce and promote modern jazz in the UK, becoming an internationally respected figure in the process, as well as introducing his future wife and renowned singer Cleo Laine to the jazz scene. Born in 1927, he trained at the Royal Academy of Music, before being further exposed to jazz while serving in the RAF and in post-war years playing on transatlantic liners enabling him to see and play jazz in New York. After playing with Charlie Parker at the 1949 Paris Jazz Festival he formed the Johnny Dankworth Seven in 1950, eventually developing to a big band in 1953. His early recordings came out on singles and EPs, and even as he turned increasingly towards albums, he continued to release singles on a regular basis. This 75-track 3-CD collection comprises most of the A & B sides of his UK releases on the Jazz Parade, Esquire, Parlophone, Capitol, Columbia and Fontana labels from these years, and features his Top 10 UK hits "Experiments With Mice" and "African Waltz", which also made the US charts. It features vocal performances by Dame Cleo Laine and Frank Holder, as well as performances by noted British jazz musicians, including Jimmy Deuchar, Eddie Harvey, Don Rendell, Bill LeSage, Tony Kinsey, Steve Race, Tommy Whittle, Kenny Clare, Ronnie Ross, Alan Branscombe, Pete King and Dudley Moore. It's a fine showcase for a noted pioneer of British jazz and a hugely innovative jazz personality.