Bill Le Sage
JAZZ 625: In the 1960s the BBC had a very popular series of live jazz programs titled Jazz 625. For many years jazz fans in Britain thought that these programs were lost, until it was rediscovered again in the archives of the BBC. Most Jazz 625 programs are well preserved in the archives of the BBC - many of the later BBC Jazz programs, produces by Terry Henebery, like Jazz Goes To College (1966), Jazz at the Maltings (1968) and Jazz Scene ( 1969) are not so well preserved and most are lost.
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The Jazz 625 programs with the introvert Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, the always joking Dizzy Gillespie, Ben Webster, Thelonious Monk and Erroll Garner are known to most jazz collectors: during the coming days I love to share with you some less known editions with English jazz musicians, like Bill Le Sage, Tubby Hayes, Victor Feldman and Johnny Scott. Hope you like it .
Today ............. Bill Le Sage's Directions in Jazz Unit with the tune Time Two And A Half.
Bill Le Sage was a British bebop piano player. He was born in January 1927 and passed away in October 2001. In 1945 he had formed his own sextet and after his military service he played in the Johnny Dankworth Seven. He worked on transatlantic ocean liners between England and the USA to be able to follow the developements in new music. In 1950 he even took some piano lessons from the famous piano player Lennie Tristano.
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This program was recorded on the 16th of June 1964.
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AT RANDOM:
SLATS - JOE NEWMAN Octet: Joe Newman trumpet, Urbie Gren trombone, Gene Quill, Al Cohn tenor sax, Dick Katz piano, Freddie Green guitar, Eddie Jones bass, Ross "Shadow" Wilson drums. Recorded in New York City the 3rd of October 1955.
Keep swinging
Hans Koert
keepswinging@live.nl
Nederlands ( To the English translation )
In de jaren zestig had de BBC met Jazz 625 een bijzonder populair live jazzprogramma op de Engelse televisie. De opnamen, die eerst verloren gewaand waren, zijn jaren geleden weer opgedoken vanuit de BBC archieven. De meeste Jazz 625 programma's zijn goed bewaard gebleven in de archieven van de BBC - veel van de latere BBC jazzprogramma's, eveneens geproduceerd door Terry Henebery, zoals Jazz Goes To College (1966), Jazz at the Maltings (1968) en Jazz Scene ( 1969) zijn minder goed bewaard en zelfs verdwenen; wat dat betreft is het in Nederland en België niet veel beter.
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De Jazz 625 programma's met de introverte pianist Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Ben Webster, Thelonious Monk en Erroll Garner zijn erg bekend onder jazzverzamelaars en daarom wil ik deze week vooral wat onbekendere Engelse jazz musici laten zien en horen, zoals Bill Le Sage, Tubby Hayes, Victor Feldman en Johnny Scott. Genieten dus .....
Vandaag de ............. Bill Le Sage's Directions in Jazz Unit met het nummer Time Two And A Half.
Bill Le Sage was een Engelse bebop pianist. Hij werd geboren in januari 1927 en overleed oktober 2001. In 1945 had hij een eigen sextet en toen hij uit militaire dienst kwam ging hij spelen in de Johnny Dankworth Seven. Hij werkte op de transatlantische passagierschepen tussen Engeland en de Verenigde Staten en daardoor kon hij de ontwikelling van de "nieuwe" muziek op de voet volgen. In 1950 heeft hij zelfs privélessen van Lennie Tristano gehad.
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19 maart / March 19th:
1928:
- dolores / lila = bill hawley
- from monday on / yale blues = jimmy joy o
1968:
- now he sings now he sobs = chick corea trio
Keep swinging
Hans Koert
keepswinging@live.nl
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Retrospect
Bob Thiele Collective Happy birthday Brian !! Keep Swinging Oscar Aleman Flexible Records Choro Music Hit of the week - Durium
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