DIZZY REECE LONDON JAZZ LP 1957 - RONNIE SCOTT, BUSH, SEAMEN, INCREDIBLY RARE
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THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST JAZZ ALBUMS BY UK ARTISTS AND IT PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY.
RECORDED IN 1957 LONDON, IT IS BASED AROUND THE JAMAICAN TRUMPETER DIZZY REECE WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM RONNIE SCOTT, BUSH, SEAMEN, SHANNON AND CROMBIE - ON PIANO !
ORIGINAL DIZZY REECE ALBUMS ON BLUE NOTE ARE GOING FOR SMALL FORTUNES !
AS FAR AS I CAN FIND OUT IT WAS NEVER RELEASED IN THE UK
SEE PIC FOR PERSONNEL AND TRACK LISTING
VERY HEAVY VINYL IS LIGHTLY PLAYED AND SIDE 1 IS VERY CLEAN, SIDE 2 HAS A COUPLE OF MARKS WHICH FORTUNATELY CANNOT BE HEARD - I AM LISTENING TO IT AS I WRITE AND IT SOUNDS GREAT.
THE HEAVY CARD COVER HAS 2cm SPLIT ON THE TOP EDGE, SIGNS OF RINGWEAR ON BACK AND FRONT - SEE PICTURES FOR DETAILS.
LIKE HIS JAMAICAN COMPATRIOTS JOE HARRIOTT AND LATER ANDY HAMILTON, HE STRUGGLED TO GET HIS MUSIC RECORDED AND THIS ALBUM WAS NEVER RELEASED IN THE UK - FEW COPIES WERE PRINTED, VERY FEW SURVIVE AND EVEN FEWER MADE IT BACK TO THE UK.
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALBUM WOULD BE MOST WELCOME.
Reece was born on 5 January 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist. He attended the Alpha Boys School (famed in Jamaica for its musical alumni), switching frombaritone to trumpet when he was 14 years old. A full-time musician from the age of 16, he moved to London in 1948 and spent the 1950s working in Europe, much of that time in Paris. He played with Don Byas, Kenny Clarke, Frank Foster and Thad Jones, among others.
Winning praise from the likes of Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, he emigrated to New York City in 1959. Reece recorded a series of critically acclaimed records on the Blue Note label, which were reissued on Mosaic in 2004 that gave fans hope of a comeback. Still active as a musician and writer, Reece has recorded over the years with Victor Feldman, Tubby Hayes, Paris Reunion Band, Clifford Jordan’s Big Band, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, fellow trumpeter Ted Curson, pianist Duke Jordan, long-time Sun Ra alumni saxophonist John Gilmore and drummer Philly Joe Jones.
POSTAGE ALWAYS COMBINED
OVERSEAS BUYERS WELCOME
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