One of the great singers of the 1930s, Al Bowlly, is featured here with Ray Noble’s band before Noble went on to lead a top American dance band featuring Glen Miller, Bowlly and others. The song ‘Goodnight Sweetheart’ was penned by Noble, who also gave us ‘The Very Thought Of You’, ‘The Touch Of Your Lips’ and ‘Cherokee’. The instrumental number before that (introduced by a distinctly awkward Noble) is ‘What A Perfect Combination’.
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Jack Parnell can be heard with the 'Best of British Jazz' band above, but this video from the 1960s is a real drum feature.
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Videos of Freddy Randall's popular dixieland groups of the 1950s and 60s seem thin on the ground. This Movietone news story features a full number by his band at Wood Green Jazz Club in 1964 - but it's all a story about an eight year old clarinettist, Brian Ling, who takes the only solo here. Still, it's amusing and the ensemble work is great.
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George Shearing, like Marian McPartland, made his name in USA, but had already attracted attention in his native London during the 1930s and 1940s. This 1950 rendering of his own tune ‘Conception’ demonstrates his fluid right hand as well as his trademark virtuosic block chords. There is also a fine solo from guitarist Chuck Wayne.
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Recorded in Geneva in 2010, this video features pianist Simcock's current trio of James Maddren on drums and Russian bass player Yuri Golubev. Simcock was the first jazz musician to be named as a BBC New Generation artist and has been a featured artist in some key UK bands of the last few years including Acoustic Triangle and Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio.
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