One for the Brits? David Snell anyone?

[RogerF]

Excuse the cross-posting from 'another place' but I am desperate for info on this album:

'The Subtle Sound of David Snell' is a rather fine album of unassuming standards played by David Snell on harp (that's the angels' instrument as opposed to the blues harp). He is accompanied by some fine musicians on this Vocalion stereo CD reissue from 1967 but nowhere do the CD liner notes or cover give a clue as to who Snell's co-musicians are. I would dearly love to know and can't find any information on the personnel on the web. Anyone able to put me out of my misery please? By the way, it was David Snell whose harp work made such a difference to John Dankworth's 'What the Dickens'. Oh and in case anyone wants to buy it, Vocalion have a sale on and it's now only £2.99 plus P+P.

Edited December 6, 2008 by RogerF

[Teasing the Korean]

I don't have an answer to your question, but may I add that I am obsessed with the David Snell track "International Flight" on Sound Gallery, Volume 2. That track beautifully conjures that early 70s elegant international drug cartel aesthetic.

[sidewinder]

That track beautifully conjures that early 70s elegant international drug cartel aesthetic.

Nest order I put in to Vocalion I'll definitely pick up a copy of this David Snell.

Edited December 8, 2008 by sidewinder

[RogerF]

That track beautifully conjures that early 70s elegant international drug cartel aesthetic.

Nest order I put in to Vocalion I'll definitely pick up a copy of this David Snell.

Yeh it may not be the most groundbreaking album ever made but it's certainly elegant and the solos (there are some nice trumpet and tenor ones) are beautifully if concisely constructed. Teasing...agree about International Flight on Sound Gallery - I must fish that one out and torture my family with it.