British bebop...

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Web Name: British bebop...

WebSite: http://www.henrybebop.co.uk

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This website is devoted to the British modern jazz musicians who, from the late 1940s to the early 1960s pioneered the music in the UK. It is intended to be a source for anybody coming to the music for the first time and to indicate where the music can be heard, albeit only on CD or long deleted records.British modern jazz began in the early 1940s and by 1948/49 our bebop had begun in the London clubs as an imitation of the American bebop developed by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and others. It proved difficult for many musicians and the public to get to grips with and soon moved into a less frenetic 'post bop' phase that lasted for fifteen years or more and, at its peak of popularity, attracted a good following...This website contains discographies for the major musicians and one of the main aims of this website is to indicate where the music of the period can be found now on CD. A number of companies have re-issued some of this classic jazz. Several smaller companies have issued a number of old Esquire recordings but a large chunk of Esquire's mid 1950s recordings have not been re-issued in CD format and maybe never will. The site will contain biographical details of the pioneer musicians as well as others who came to prominence in the 1950s...Tony Hall writing in 1958 said that he has spoken to many musicians, asking for the names of those who played the most important roles in the development of British bebop. Five names figured on everybody's list: trumpeter/pianist Denis Rose (top of everybody's list), guitarists Pete Chilver and Dave Goldberg, pianist Ralph Sharon, and pianist/drummer/leader Tony Crombie... Recording opportunities were few and far between for jazz musicians in the 1950s. Fans with money to buy jazz records chose American music. Only small independent labels such as Esquire, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and Tempo in the mid and later 1950s were issuing records of the British jazz. By the mid 1950s only Tempo were recording significantly and they went out of business in 1960. The website was created in 2005 and is updated and expanded regularly. I regard the website as a tribute to the music and musicians of a somewhat forgotten period of British jazz. With the exception of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott the musicians have faded from the memory of many who enjoyed the music live. If you can add information or photographs or correct anything on the website please contact me (David Taylor). Peter King...August, 2020 sadly saw the death of saxophone player Peter King at the age of eighty. He was arguably world class and almost certainly Britain's finest jazz alto sax player ever although he was probably just as good on tenor. He made his first appearance on the London jazz scene on the opening night of Ronnie Scott's club in 1959 and never looked back. Although his life had many ups and downs he was talented in other ways not all related to music.His music will live on through his recordings...Recent updates have included:A Keeper of the Flame has been defined as someone who keeps alive a tradition, belief or practice that would otherwise be lost. Britain's bebop Keeper's of the jazz flame including Clark Tracey, Alan Barnes and others are briefly introduced here... More will be added later plus recording details...Lost records - 1Tommy Pollard was the first, and probably the best bebop pianist on the post-war British jazz scene. A chaotic and unreliable drug related life style led to his early death in 1960 at the age of 37.His record legacy is small but between December 1954 and July 1955 he recorded ten tracks with The Victor Feldman Modern Jazz Quartet that are a wonderful example of his skill. They have never been re-issued in any format. It would be nice to have these available again instead of yet another long lost Tubby Hayes date.

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