Johnny Dankworth

[thomastreichler]

A few days ago I purchased a recently released cd by Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra titled "Too Cool For The Blues" on the British label "Rex". The liner notes contain no discographical information, only stating that the recordings "date from the late fifties".

The track list is as follows:

Disc: 1

1. Too Cool For The Blues

2. Sentimental Instrumental

3. Three Little Words

4. Old Blues

5. There Will Never Be Another You

6. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

7. Runnin Wild

8. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You re Wonderful)

9. They All Laughed

10. The Song Is You

11. Tracey s Trip

12. Caravan

13. They Can t Take That Away From Me

14. Riverside Stomp

15. Squareface

16. The Gypsy In My Soul

17. Two s Company

18. Love For Sale

19. We Are The Lambeth Boys

20. Willow Weep For Me

Disc: 2

1. My Buddy

2. Singin The Blues

3. Don t Be That Way

4. The Carioca

5. New Forest

6. Threesome

7. Duet For Sixteens

8. Ill Wind

9. Doggin Around

10. When You re Smiling

11. Groovin For Nat

12. Seven Leagues Beauty

13. Chelsea Bridge

14. Skeleton In The Bathroom

15. A Foggy Day

16. Love Me Or Leave Me

17. The Wizard

18. Embraceable You

19. Flying Home

20. Wild Ascot

Two reviewers on amazon.co.uk presume these to be BBC radio transcriptions from 1959 by the same big band that performed at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival (featuring among others Dickie Hawdon on trumpet / bass trumpet, Laurie Monk on trombone, Danny Moss on tenor sax, Dave Lee on piano and Kenny Clare on drums.

Can anyone here provide accurate discographical information on these recordings? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edited September 16, 2010 by Tommy T

[colllin]

Tom Lord's database says "unidentified personnel."

[Head Man]

No mention of the session(s) in my Bruyninckx.

[thomastreichler]

Thank you for checking!