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JOHNNY BURCH OCTET (FEATURING GRAHAM BOND JACK BRUCE & GINGER BAKER)

JAZZBEAT
Label RHYTHM & BLUES RECORDS
Catalog RANDB055CD
Format CD
Discs 1
Category ROCK/POPS
Street Date 2019-04-26
Description
Johnny Burch is probably best-known for songs he wrote in 1963 for Georgie Fame such as “In The Meantime” and “Preach and Teach”. This was at a time when the boundaries between modern jazz rhythm and blues and beat music were being broken down at such places as the Flamingo and the Marquee. For a few months Burch was leader of a group that included several musicians who found fame in the blues and rock scene of the late 60s such as Graham Bond Dick Heckstall-Smith Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. This CD features the earliest-known recordings of Bruce and Baker together in a live broadcast for the BBC from March 1963. We also include here a session that Burch’s 1965 line-up recorded for BBC’s Band Beat. Burch was never a major figure in the London jazz scene but this collection highlights his group’s unique role which acted as a bridge between modern jazz and the nascent British R&B movement.
tracklisting
1. Moanin’(Timmons)
2. Early In The Morning (Trad. arr. Baker)
3. All Members (Heath)
4. The Champ (take 3) (Gillespie)
5. Ritual (take 2) (Burch)
6. Oleo (take 2) (Rollins)
7. Stolen Moments (take 2) (Nelson)
8. Milestones (Davis)
9. Ritual (take 1) (Burch)
10. The Champ (take 1) (Gillespie)
11. Stolen Moments (take 1) (Nelson)
12. Oleo (take 1) (Rollins)
13. The Champ (outtakes) (Gillespie)
14. Oleo (outtakes) (Rollins)
15. I Remember Clifford (Golson)
16. Going Up North (Nelson)
17. Nightwalk (Burch)
18. Del Sasser (Jones)
 

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