Soho Scene ’58 (Jazz Goes Mod)

In a nation said to have ‘never had it so good’, Britain’s jazzmen were certainly proving this to be so during 1958. Not yet drowned by rock and roll, jazz was the youth culture music of the cognoscenti, those who, digging both modern American records and Continental fashion, were laying the groundwork of the first phase of ‘Mod.’ But there was more to 1958 than aping the mannerisms of others. London had its own scene and its own style – a Soho kind of sound – centred around clubs like the Flamingo and bands like the Jazz Couriers and there was seemingly no shortage of visiting US jazz giants, from Dizzy Gillespie to Dave Brubeck, queing up to give their approval for music they thought world class. Soho Scene ‘58 tells the story of this heady time; a Year Zero for Modernism in which London began to swing its way towards the 1960s, jazz setting the pace as never before. 12 page booklet and liner notes. 

Disc One British Jazz:
1. Eddie Thompson Trio – Eddification 2. Don Rendell Jazz Six - Johnny Comes Lately 3. The Jazz Couriers - Mirage 4. Tony Crombie - Ninth Man 5. Alan Clare Trio - Morning Fun 6. Melody Maker All Stars - Hark Dog 7. Ronnie Ross Quintet - The Serpent 8. Jimmy Deuchar Sextet - Jak-Jak 9. Vic Ash Sextet - Just For The Boys 10. Don Rendell Jazz Six - Tickletoe 11. Dizzy Reece Quintet - Close Up 12. Ronnie Ross Quintet - Slidin' 13. Ken Moule's Music - Fishin' The Blues 14. Johnny Dankworth - Jim and Andy's 15. The Jazz Couriers - The Serpent 16. Jimmy Deuchar Sextet - Heather Mist 17. Tony Kinsey Quintet - Autumn In Cuba

Disc Two Jazz U.S.A:
1. Eddie Costa Quartet - Guys and Dolls 2. Art Blakey Jazz Messengers - Moanin' (45rpm) 3. Hampton Hawes - There Will Never Be Another You 4. Harold Land Quintet - You Don't Know What Love Is 5. Kenny Burrell Septet - The Man I Love 6. Mose Allison Trio - The Seventh Son 7. Lou Donaldson Quintet - Blues Walk 8. Bill Evans Trio - Tenderly 9. Cannonball Adderley - Autumn Leaves 10. Ahmad Jamal Trio - Poinciana (45rpm) 11. Miles Davis - Milestones 12. John Coltrane/Kenny Burrell - Freight Trane 13. Horace Silver Quintet - Pyramid 14. Count Basie Orchestra - Lil’ Darlin’ (45rpm)