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JOHNNY DANKWORTH
"The Best Of"
519 7142
2CD SET
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Back in the late Forties, Johnny Dankworth joined 'Geraldo's navy' - working as an alto saxophone player with dance bands aboard transatlantic liners. A colleague from those days was Ronnie Scott and they both haunted jazz clubs in New York on their frequent visits there. Bop innovators such as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and Dizzy Gillespie left a strong impression on the young men, then barely out of their teens. They brought the message back to Britain and spearheaded the bop movement in the UK.
This varied collection covers the seven years from 1953 to 1960, and includes two hit records. The first of these, from 1960, is the catchy African Waltz, and the second, which dates from 1956, is Experiments With Mice.
Johnny was knighted in 2006 for his services to music. He has just passed his 80th birthday in September 2007.
Track Listing CD 1:
1. S' Wonderful,
2. African Waltz,
3. Perdido,
4. Somebody Loves Me,
5. Ain't Misbehavin',
6. Indiana,
7. Crazy Rhythm,
8. Stompin' At The Savoy,
9. Feather Merchant,
10. Jersey Bounce,
11. Adios,
12. Don't Get Around Much Anymore,
13. I Know You're Mine,
14. Moonglow,
15. Jive At Five,
16. Applecake,
17. Moanin',
18. All Clare,
19. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin',
20. Honeysuckle Rose,
21. Idaho,
22. Limehouse Blues,
23. Stardust,
24. Experiments With Mice
Track Listing CD 2:
1. It's The Talk Of The Town,
2. Get Happy,
3. Four Of A Kind,
4. I Got Rhythm (Crazy For You),
5. Younger Every Day,
6. You Go To My Head,
7. How Deep Is The Ocean?
8. The Colonel's Tune,
9. Melbourne Marathon,
10. I Can't Get Started,
11. Jim And Andy's,
12. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good,
13. Honeydew Melon,
14. Memories Of You,
15. Kool Kate,
16. Desperate Dan,
17. Joe And Lol's Blues,
18. Export Blues,
19. Easy Living,
20. Swingin' The Blues,
21. Runnin' Wild,
22. The Breeze And I,
23. Big Jazz Story
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