Harry Beckett - Warm Smiles & Themes For Fega - Vocalion 2006

Here is the reissue of those two classics records by Harry Beckett, That have been published by the British label Vocalion in 2006 but for a reason unknown to me, it have been totally deleted by the label and seems no more available. The reference even doesn’t appears no more on the Vocalion website.

Harry Beckett’s Warm Smiles

A1 Harambee

A2 Tender Is The Sky

A3 To Me, For Me

B1 Warm Smiles

B2 Tomorrow Morning Early

Harry Beckett: trumpet & flugelhorn

Chris Laurence: bass

Mike Osborne: alto saxophone

Frank Ricotti: vibraphone

John Taylor: piano

John Webb: drums

Recorded at Command Studios, London 1970

Thems For Fega

A1 Little One

A2 Spiral Feelings

A3 Chandeliers And Mirrors

A4 Cry Of Triumph

B1 I'm Easy

B2 Enchanted

B3 Everyone Is Me

B4 Farewell Fega

Harry Beckett: trumpet & flugelhorn

Chris Laurence: bass

Mike Osborne: alto saxophone

Frank Ricotti: vibraphone

ALAN SKIDMORE: tenor saxophone

John Taylor: piano

John Webb: drums

recorded at the ICA, London, Feb 4, 1972

Vocalion cd 2CDSML 8430

You can find a BBC session of Harry Beckett that have the same feeling, published some years ago by the label « My Only Desire Records »:

https://myonlydesirerecords.bandcamp.com/album/still-happy

JOHNNY GRIFFIN with the JOHN TAYLOR TRIO Cheltenham 1997

JOHNNY GRIFFIN - tenor saxophone
JOHN TAYLOR - piano
DAVE GREEN - bass
STEVE ARGUELLES - drums

1. JG interview with Geoffrey Smith  12:31
2. Body and soul  16:20
3. Waltz Swing  12:16
4. The Way It Is  15:26
5. Hot Saki  11:28

Recorded at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham.  Cheltenham Jazz Festival. 1997

BBC Radio 3 b'cast.  

JOHN TAYLOR & JOHN SURMAN - Bath Festival 1992

JOHN TAYLOR - piano
JOHN SURMAN - baritone and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet

1. Ambleside Days
2. Wandering
3. Morning Among Coniston Fells
4. Scale Force
5. Dry Stone
6. Clapperclowe
7. ?
8. Tess
9. Going for a Burton

Guildhall, Bath.  May 1992

BBC Radio 3 'Jazz at the Bath Festival'

JOHN TAYLOR (1942-2015) - SOLO, Bath Festival 1996

Terribly sad news about the great John Taylor leaving us.

RIP John Taylor (1942-2015)

Beautiful man, beautiful music.

JOHN TAYLOR - SOLO PIANO

1. Pure and simple/Love theme from Spartacus/Old time  22:13
2. How deep is the ocean  10:20
3. Interview with Chris Parker  10:56
4. Helena  6:33 (w. tape flip)
5. Ambleside  8:42
6. Everybody's song but my own  6:42

BBC Radio 3  Jazz from Bath Festival, May 1996

COMPOSERS POOL "THE BIG REUNION" (RAVENNA, 1985)

Kenny Wheeler, trumpet (or fluegelhorn)
John Surman, baritone saxophone
John Taylor, piano
Dave Holland, bass
Tony Oxley, drums


1. introduction  00:53 
2. unknown title 27:38
3. introduction  02:54 
4. unknown title 31:19
5. unknown title 16:39


Recorded in Ravenna at "Rocca Brancaleone" on July 4 , 1985.

KENNY WHEELER QUARTET - Clusone Jazz 2oo4

KENNY WHEELER - trumpet, flugelhorn
STAN SULZMANN - alto sax, flute
JOHN TAYLOR - piano
CHRiS LAURENCE - bass


1 (01:05) Radio announcement
2 (11:30) Kind Folk
3 (12:27) Jigsaw
4 (11:15) One Two Three
5 (12:02) unknown


"Clusone Jazz", Italy, July 25, 2004. RAI 3 broadcast

Thanks to original uploader on DIME.

KENNY WHEELER QUINTET - BATH FESTIVAL 2002

KENNY WHEELER - trumpet, flugelhorn
MARK FELDMAN - violin
JOHN TAYLOR - piano
CHRIS LAURENCE - bass
ADAM NUSSBAUM - drums

1. Kind folk  11:48
2. 3000  11:57
3. Ambleside  16:33
4. Where do we go from here?  9:09
5. Sly eyes  12:24
6. Mark time  14:33
7. A flower is a lovesome thing  9:46

TT 86:11

Bath Pavilion, Bath, 26th May 2002

BBC Radio 3 broadcast

HARRY BECKETT QUINTET +1 (w. Elton Dean) ALAN SKIDMORE / MALCOLM GRIFFITHS QNT. JOHN TAYLOR SEXTET

Here is music from three BBC Sounds of Jazz broadcasts by heroes of British jazz taken from cassettes.  I haven't separated the presenter's introductions so they are included with the music here and there.  I'm afraid I do not have a record of the dates of recordings or broadcasts, presumably some time in the 1970/80s.  Any help would be gratefully received.


Harry Beckett Quintet +1

Harry Beckett,  trumpet, flugelhorn
Elton Dean,  alto sax, saxello
Pete Lemer,  piano, synth
Paul Rogers,  bass
Tony Marsh,  drums
+
Courtney Pine,  soprano sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet

1. Wind of change  10:43
2. Time of day  13:35


Alan Skidmore / Malcolm Griffiths Quintet

Alan Skidmore,  tenor sax
Malcolm Griffiths,  trombone
John Taylor,  piano
Ron Matthewson,  bass
Tony Levin,  drums

3. Silver sliver  8:43
4. Das ist Alice  14:37


John Taylor Sextet

John Taylor,  piano
Stan Stulzmann,  tenor sax
Kenny Wheeler,  flugelhorn
Chris Pyne,  trombone
Chris Laurence,  bass
Tony Levin,  drums

5. Cameo  5:24
6. Lao  8:46
7. Silver  5:53
8. O  5:54

BBC Radio 2.  Sounds of Jazz.  Presenter: Peter Clayton.  Dates unknown.