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CD NO: RWP 0007CD TITLE: RAGTIME TO SWING LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL A fantastic Double CD recorded to capture the atmosphere of The Albert Hall Free Original Concert programme while stocks last
Nicky Martyn – Compere Special Guest Carla Valenti – vocals
The Cotton Club Band led by Keith Nichols - piano Graham Read - double bass Enrico Tomasso - trumpet Robert Fowler - saxophone Alistair Allan - trombone Martin Wheatley - guitar/banjo Richard Pite - drums
Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen Kenny Ball - trumpet/vocals John Bennett - trombone Andy Cooper - clarinet/vocals Hugh Ledigo - piano John Benson - double bass/vocals Nick Millward - drums/vocals
The All Star Line-Up Digby Fairweather - trumpet/cornet Tommy Whittle - saxophone Dave Shepherd - clarinet Roy Williams - trombone Roger Nobes - vibraphone John Pearce - piano Len Skeat - bass Ronnie Verrell - drums
CD1 COTTON CLUB BAND 1 GIVE ME YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER [3.26] 2 THE RAGTIME DANCE [4.56] 3 VO DO DO DE O BLUES [4.54] 4 WEST END BLUES [3.44] 5 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL [2.59] 6 MINNIE THE MOOCHER [3.23] 7 I’VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED [4.04] 8 I COVER THE WATERFRONT [4.18] 9 TRUCKIN’ [2.49] 10 THE JOINT IS JUMPIN’ [4.57] COTTON CLUB BAND WITH NICKY MARTYN 11 LEANING ON A LAMPOST [2.46] KENNY BALL AND HIS JAZZMEN 12 SO DO I [1.45] 13 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL [4.45] 14 SOMEDAY (YOU’LL BE SORRY) [3.42] 15 FÜR ELISE [4.24] 16 SATURDAY NIGHT FUNCTION [4.32] 17 OLD MAN MOSE [12.58] TOTAL PLAYING TIME [74 MINS]
CD2 ALL STAR LINE-UP 1 ANOTHER FINE MESS [5.44] 2 THE BIG BUTTER AND EGG MAN [6.09] TRIBUTE TO BILL SKEAT BY TOMMY WHITTLE 3 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD [4.13] ALL STAR LINE-UP 4 AVALON [4.06] TRIBUTE TO KENNY BAKER BY DIGBY FAIRWEATHER, KENNY BALL & ENRICO TOMASSO 5 BLUES FOR KENNY BAKER [5.32] ALL STAR LINE-UP FEATURING CARLA VALENTI 6 AS LONG AS I LIVE [2.51] 7 I’M IN LOVE AGAIN [5.38] ALL STAR LINE-UP 8 SWING THAT MUSIC KENNY BALL AND HIS JAZZMEN 9 GEORGIA SWING [2.45] 10 IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME [3.41] 11 THEM THERE EYES [3.38] 12 ST LOUIS BLUES [3.48] 13 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT [4.07] 14 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE [2.18] ALL THE BANDS & NICKY MARTYN 15 WOODCHOPPERS BALL [12.16] TOTAL PLAYING TIME [72.42MINS] Produced by Peter Clayton of Robinwood Productions (RWP) and Daniel Prest Quotes “They said it couldn’t be done. “Pack the Albert Hall?” queried one of Britain’s best-known (and longest-serving) show business agents, a few weeks before this concert took place. “London’s biggest concert venue? With an all-British bill of jazz artists? You must be joking! Tony Bennett, yes. Diana Ross, yes. Harry Connick Junior, maybe! But anyone else, forget it!” Peter Clayton, the director of Robinwood Productions nonetheless thought differently. “All the players on this album are fine British jazzmen!” he argued determinedly. “Kenny Ball is a household name. And everybody else on the bill really should be! If we promote this concert right, it can work and it will – and I’m going to see that it does! There’s going to be dancing to jazz in the Royal Albert Hall for the first time in decades! And we’re going to make some money for the British Heart Foundation too; London’s Pearly Kings and Queens will be there to sell silk roses for the cause!”
