sidewinder Posted November 3, 2010 Report Posted November 3, 2010 (edited) Probably all repeats but some great stuff coming up ! Dankworth Night BBC4 Stuff the fireworks - I'll be watching this. Who the heck is this 'Johnny Ross' guy featured in Jazz 625 though? Wouldn't be some long-lost Ronnie Ross footage would it? Maybe they meant to say Johnny Scott.. Edited November 3, 2010 by sidewinder Quote
Daniel A Posted November 3, 2010 Report Posted November 3, 2010 Who the heck is this 'Johnny Ross' guy featured in Jazz 625 though? Quote
cih Posted November 3, 2010 Report Posted November 3, 2010 Who the heck is this 'Johnny Ross' guy featured in Jazz 625 though? Quote
sidewinder Posted November 6, 2010 Author Report Posted November 6, 2010 Well, the 'Sir John Dankworth at the Beeb' compilation was definitely worth checking out. Some great stuff. 'African Waltz' performed by the Dankworth Orchestra at the Royal Variety Performance - 1961 (or was it 62?). Fantastic performance. I'll bet they were rattling their jewels up in the Royal Box. Wonder who was on African drums - Frank Holder? (looked like him) - or maybe Guy Warren. Equally fascinating was the snippet of the televised recording session for 'What The Dickens'. What a shame that they didn't play the whole broadcast of that programme. Wonder where that recording studio location on the film was. Lansdowne? Lots of good, early Kenny Wheeler featured on the programme too. Quote
JohnS Posted November 6, 2010 Report Posted November 6, 2010 The follow on Jazz 625 was a rare treat. Interesting stuff from start to finish. We could do with a similar programme today. Quote
sidewinder Posted November 6, 2010 Author Report Posted November 6, 2010 (edited) The follow on Jazz 625 was a rare treat. Interesting stuff from start to finish. We could do with a similar programme today. Indeed ! - although it was a repeat from the 'Jazz Britannia' season in the heady days of 2005. The music was consistently excellent. Nice to see rare TV solos by Johnny Scott, Duncan Lamont, Victor Feldman etc. And a very Hank Mobley sounding Ronnie Scott ! A shame though that they couldn't just broadcast the full half hour shows of the Tubby Hayes Big Band, Dankworth Orchestra shows and that intriguing George Lewis/Acker Bilk double bill. We live in wait. Beeb, get your act together with the archives - or maybe even put these shows up on the 'BBC Archive' website perhaps? Edited November 6, 2010 by sidewinder Quote
JohnS Posted November 6, 2010 Report Posted November 6, 2010 Missed Jazz Britannia so it was all new to me. Quote
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