Le Sage, Bill/directions In Jazz Unit
New Directions In Jazz (2cd)
These thirty tracks from Bill Le Sage's Directions in Jazz Unit from 1963-1964 reveal that British jazz had long been developing its own authentic voices, even if many of those voices have been hidden from history until recently. As well as the woodwinds of Ronnie Ross, Bob Burns and Johnny Scott, Le Sage himself on piano and vibes, Spike Heatley on bass and Tony Carr on drums, the group included the novel addition of a cello quartet, led by Freddie Alexander. DISC 1: Hamburg February 28th 1964. 01.Night Talk 02.Monkey Business 03.Caber Dance 04.Lady Day 05.Wigmore Walk 06.Honky Tonk 07.Morning Theories 08.Yardsticks 09.Blue Trident 10.Times Two-and-a-Half 11.Come Rain or Come Shine 12.So What 13.Pastorale d'Hiver 14.Where's the Fire? 15.Rustic Gait. DISC 2: BBC Sessions 1963-64. 01.Night Talk 02.It Don't Mean A Thing 03.Times Two-and-a-Half 04.Come Rain Or Come Shine 05. Progressive Gavotte 06.Rustic Gait 07.Times Two-and-a-Half 08.Night Talk 09.New Orleans* 10.Improvisation on a Twelve Tone Scale* 11.Milestones* 12.Interview* 13.Honky Tonk* 14.Three 15.Clarion 16.Minky. *tracks 9-13 low fidelity recording.