In a nation said to have ‘never had it so good’, Britain’s jazzmen were certainly proving this to be so during 1958. Not yet drowned by rock and roll, jazz was the youth culture music of the cognoscenti, those who, digging both modern American records and Continental fashion, were laying the groundwork of the first phase of ‘Mod.’ But there was more to 1958 than aping the mannerisms of others. London had its own scene and its own style – a Soho kind of sound – centred around clubs like the Flamingo and bands like the Jazz Couriers and there was seemingly no shortage of visiting US jazz giants, from Dizzy Gillespie to Dave Brubeck, queing up to give their approval for music they thought world class. Soho Scene ‘58 tells the story of this heady time; a Year Zero for Modernism in which London began to swing its way towards the 1960s, jazz setting the pace as never before.
12 page booklet and liner notes by Simon Spillett

Disc One British Jazz

1.     Eddie Thompson Trio  Eddification

2.     Don Rendell Jazz Six  Johnny Comes Lately

3.     The Jazz Couriers  Mirage

4.     Tony Crombie  Ninth Man

5.     Alan Clare Trio   Morning Fun

6.     Melody Maker All Stars  Hark Dog

7.     Ronnie Ross Quintet  The Serpent

8.     Jimmy Deuchar Sextet  Jak-Jak

9.     Vic Ash Sextet  Just For The Boys

10.   Don Rendell Jazz Six  Tickletoe

11.   Dizzy Reece Quintet  Close Up

12.   Ronnie Ross Quintet  Slidin'

13.   Ken Moule's Music  Fishin' The Blues

14.   Johnny Dankworth  Jim and Andy's

15.   The Jazz Couriers               The Serpent

16.   Jimmy Deuchar Sextet  Heather Mist

17.   Tony Kinsey Quintet  Autumn In Cuba

Disc Two Jazz U.S.A

1.     Eddie Costa Quartet  Guys and Dolls

2.     Art Blakey Jazz Messengers  Moanin' (45rpm)

3.     Hampton Hawes  There Will Never Be Another You

4.     Harold Land Quintet  You Don't Know What Love Is

5.     Kenny Burrell Septet   The Man I Love

6.     Mose Allison Trio  The Seventh Son

7.     Lou Donaldson Quintet  Blues Walk

8.     Bill Evans Trio  Tenderly

9.     Cannonball Adderley  Autumn Leaves

10.   Ahmad Jamal Trio  Poinciana (45rpm)

11.   Miles Davis  Milestones

12.   John Coltrane/Kenny Burrell  Freight Trane

13.   Horace Silver Quintet  Pyramid

14.   Count Basie Orchestra  Lil’ Darlin’ (45rpm)

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