Release Date: 26 May 2017
Label: El / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929332706
Description
Keep It Light is an anthology of British modern jazz spanning the decade from the mid-50s until eclipsed by the advent of The Beatles, R&B and Beat. The early British modernists were influenced by such black American masters as Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk & Dizzy Gillespie & they based their lives and art on similar premises as their heroes, affecting dark glasses & a hip stance. In contrast to the beer-swilling revivalists, pot & pep-pills were their chosen stimulants though such were the physical & psychological demands of touring, some suffered damaging encounters with hard drugs. •The rise of the modernists marked an extraordinary era which saw the opening of the original Ronnie Scott's club in Gerrard Street, Soho & the emergence of a golden generation of exceptional musicians who would create a musical identity for British jazz. Prominent among them, two prodigies, multi-instrumentalists, composers and school chums, Tubby Hayes & Victor Feldman, Stan Tracey also emerged along with the brilliant arranger & trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar, Joe Harriott, Cleo Laine, Annie Ross, Johnny Dankworth & Dudley Moore, both leading composers of film music. •Keep It Light captures the atmosphere of the late 50s, early 60s British jazz scene; a time of creativity, style and excitement. The sound is not American. It's not East Coast, or West Coast, but unmistakably, London.
Tracklisting
Kevin Ayers
Wrath
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Tigertailz
The Fall
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
