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Dave Green
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Born in London in 1942, he started on tea-chest bass in local skiffle groups before buying his first double bass at fifteen. Local gigs followed, often with neighbour Charlie Watts and trumpeter Brian Jones.
Turning professional in 1963 he worked with Keith Ingham and with multi instrumentalist Pete Shade. He joined the Don Rendell Quintet in the December, and remained with until 1969, by which time it had become the Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet. In 1964 he worked with Benny Goodman on TV. In 1965 he joined Humphrey Lyttelton, remaining with the band for eighteen years, but managing to combine the work with playing with Stan Tracey, and accompanying many visiting American jazzmen.
An Adventurous Dream (At PizzaExpress Live In London)
By Ian Shaw
Label: PX Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Mood Indigo; I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart/I Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; Isfahan; My Little Brown Book; Day Dream; Satin Doll; A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing; Something To Live For; Passion Flower; Blood Count; Raincheck; Lush Life.
Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi: An Adventurous Dream (At PizzaExpress Live In London)
by Chris May
The trouble with live albums recorded in venues that are, essentially, eateries, is that the musicians may have to go large to grab the audience's attention, sometimes too large for the material which they are performing. This is abundantly the case with An Adventurous Dream (At PizzaExpress Live In London): The Music Of Billy Strayhorn And ...
At PizzaExpress Live
Label: PX Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Breeze & I; Black Velvet; Poinciana; Blue 'n' Boogie; The Girl From Ipanema; Pure Imagination; The Summer Wind; The More I See You; Tin Tin Deo.
Warm Up
Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2023
Track listing: Disc One: Blues By Five; Jonah And The Whale; The Sixth Seal; Shades Of Blue; Hot Red; No Blues. Disc Two: Garrison ’64; Promises; Ursula; Autumn Leaves; When I Fall In Love; My Funny Valentine.
Scott Hamilton Quartet: At PizzaExpress Live
by Dave Linn
"Cocktail jazz" is a term used to describe a jazz music style often played in upscale, sophisticated settings such as bars, restaurants, and hotels. It is typically characterized by its relaxed and laid-back feel and its use of melodic and harmonically accessible tunes that are pleasant to listen to. The Scott Hamilton Quartet release At PizzaExpress ...
Never Never Land
Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2022
Track listing: Start Right; Never Never Land; Chinese Wand; Third World Song; Jack And John; Your Eyes Are Love; The Story So Far; A Night In Amnesia; No Surprises; Your Dancing Toes; Zemlja; Richie Street N1; Third World Song.
Raise Four
Label: Trio Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Jez Nelson/Dave Green Interview; Shuffle Boil (Monk); Ex-Changes (Green/Dixon/Parker/Calderazzo);
Raise Four (Monk); A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (Strayhorn); Played Twice (Monk). Rec. November
5, 2004.
Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside The Sitting Room
by Bruce Lindsay
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 (A Life of Whimsical Fantasies) and 9 (A Life on the Page), from Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside The Sitting Room (Equinox Publishing, 2022). Chapter 6: A Life of Whimsical Fantasies Ivor's love of jazz, formed during his teens and early-20s, remained strong and he visited ...
Henry Lowther's Quarternity: Never Never Land
by Chris May
The British trumpeter and composer Henry Lowther, who first made an impact in the 1960s and released the well received album Can't Believe, Won't Believe (Village Life) in 2018, came to jazz via a circuitous route. After playing cornet in a provincial Salvation Army band, he moved to London around 1960 to study violin at the ...