Keep It Light: Panorama Of British Jazz Modernists Keep It Light: Panorama Of British Jazz Modernists CD

Keep It Light is an anthology of British modern jazz spanning the decade from the mid-fifties 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 and Dizzy Gillespie, and they based their lives and art on similar premises as their heroes, affecting dark glasses and a hip stance. In contrast to the beer-swilling revivalists, pot and pep-pills were their chosen stimulants though such were the physical and psychological demands of touring, some suffered damaging encounters with hard drugs. 3CD Set. ? 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.

1. Hit the Road to Dreamland - Don Rendell Jazz Six 2. Ignis Fatuus - Don Rendell Jazz Six 3. Bellini - Annie Ross with the Tony Kinsey Quintet 4. The Haunted Jazz Club - Ronnie Scott / Jimmy Deuchar Quintet 5. Treble Gold - Jimmy Deuchar Ensemble 6. Time Was - the Jazz Couriers 7. Royal Ascot - the Jazz Couriers 8. Young and Foolish - Tubby Hayes Quartet 9. In the Night - Tubby Hayes Quintet 10. Karen - Victor Feldman Quartet 11. Serpent's Tooth - Victor Feldman Trio 12. Satin Doll - Victor Feldman Trio 13. Lisa - Victor Feldman Quartet 14. Come Sunday - Victor Feldman Quartet 15. Strictly for the Birds - Dudley Moore Trio 16. Duddly Dell - Dudley Moore Trio 17. Straight Lines - Joe Harriott Quintet 18. Abstract - Joe Harriott Quintet 19. Pictures - Joe Harriott Quintet 20. Tonal - Joe Harriott Quintet 21. Baby Blue - Stan Tracey Trio 22. Lullaby - Tony Crombie Orchestra 23. Keep It Light - Tony Crombie Orchestra 24. Just Like Old Times - Tony Crombie Orchestra 25. It Was a Lover and His Lass - Cleo Laine 26. Sigh No More Ladies - Cleo Laine 27. Oh Mistress Mine - Cleo Laine 28. Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind - Cleo Laine 29. Cleo Laine - Ken Moule / the London Jazz Chamber Group 30. Zsa Zsa Gabor - Ken Moule / the London Jazz Chamber Group 31. The Outlaw - George Shearing Quintet 32. I'll Be Around - George Shearing Quintet 33. My New Mambo - George Shearing Quintet 34. The World Is Full of Lonely Men - Johnny Hawksworth 35. Dance - Johnny Hawksworth 36. Listen to Music - Johnny Hawksworth 37. The Serpent - Ronnie Ross Quintet 38. A Foggy Day - Eddie Thompson Quintet 39. Moanin' - the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra 40. Thieving Boy (From the Film, 'The Criminal') - Cleo Laine 41. Let's Slip Away (From the Film, 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning') - Cleo Laine 42. The Golden Striker - Jack Parnell and His Orchestra 43. Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band 44. Blues in the Night - Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band 45. Chorus - Dizzy Reece Quintet 46. Basie Line - Dizzy Reece Quintet 47. Portrait - Tony Kinsey Quintet 48. Girl in Blue - Tony Kinsey Quintet 49. Runnymede Groove - Tony Kinsey Quintet 50. Country Squire - the Jazz Makers 51. The Moonraker - the Jazz Makers 52. The Five of Us - the Jazz Five 53. The Honeysuckle ; the Bee - Georgia Brown with Ted Heath 54. The Baron's Blues - London Jazz Quartet 55. Mirage - London Jazz Quartet 56. Big Ben Bounce - London Jazz Quartet 57. Grasshopper Jump - Tommy Watt and His Orchestra 58. Frigid Midget - Jerry Allen and His Trio 59. Lunchboxer - Jerry Allen and His Trio 60. The Monkey and the Baboon - George Melly 61. London Pride - British Jazz Trio 62. Bye Bye Blues - Annie Ross