Acrobat Records (4CD set) Tempo Anthology 1954 - 1960...

Between 1954 and 1960, the British Tempo label probably did more than any other recording imprint to document the rapid progress of local modern jazz. Poorly funded, and run almost exclusively on the irrepressible energy of Tony Hall, otherwise part of Decca's exploitation team, its catalogue of EP's, 10 inch and 12 inch LPs captured the early steps of such soon-to-be legends as saxophonists Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott and Don Rendell, multi-instrumentalist Victor Feldman, trumpeters Dizzy Reece and Jimmy Deuchar and drummer Phil Seamen,		Tempo released three multi-artist anthologies - Cool Music For A Hot Night promised a programme of ballad performances - Speak Low delivered a sequence of largely grooving medium-tempo material - Swingin' The Blues found Tempo's stars tackling funky, blues-related themes. This new Acrobat 4-CD contains all three LPs in their original running order, restoring material that was sometimes edited out in order to fit the original playing time. A fourth CD assembles a similar mood music programme from Tempo's later 1957-60 catalogue.
CD1 - Cool Music For A Hot Night "Mood Music In The Modern Manner" 1 How Deep Is The Ocean? - Dizzy Reece Quartet 2 Yesterdays - Don Rendell Quartet 3 Sunshine On A Dull Day - Victor Feldman Septet 4 Foolin' Myself - Tubby Hayes Quintet 5 Stars Fell On Alabama/Once In A While - Harry Klein/Ronnie Scott 6 The Gypsy - Dizzy Reece Quartet 7 Body and Soul - Don Rendell Quartet 8 These Foolish Things - The New Jazz Group featuring Dizzy Reece 9 Chelsea Bridge - The Damian Robinson Trio 10 Deep In A Dream - Victor Feldman Quartet 11 Imagination - Tubby Hayes Quartet 12 This Is Always - Dizzy Reece Quartet CD2 - Speak Low - "More Mood Music In The Modern Manner" 1 Speak Low - Ronnie Scott Quintet 2 How Long Has This Been Going On? - Jimmy Deuchar Quartet 3 Duffle Coat - Victor Feldman Quartet 4 Bass House - Jimmy Deuchar Ensemble 5 Easy To Love - Victor Feldman Quartet 6 I'll Take Romance - Ronnie Scott Quintet 7 On A Misty Night - The Jazz Couriers 8 When? - Dizzy Reece Quintet 9 New Orleans - Don Rendell Quartet 10 Time Will Tell - Victor Feldman Quartet 11 Treble Gold - Jimmy Deuchar Ensemble CD3 - Swingin' The Blues 1 Bang - Dizzy Reece Quintet 2 Message To The Messengers - Tubby Hayes Quintet 3 Strollin' - Tubby Hayes Sextet 4 Opus De Funk - Jimmy Deuchar Sextet 5 Brawl for All - Victor Feldman Septet 6 Blow Mr. Dexter - Don Rendell Quartet 7 Doxy - Vic Ash Quartet 8 Swingin' In Studio Two - Jimmy Deuchar Sextet CD4 - Bonus Album 1 Like Someone In Love - Tubby Hayes Quartet 2 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Jimmy Deuchar Quintet 3 Sweet and Lovely - Dizzy Reece Quintet 4 Autumn Leaves - The Jazz Five 5 Wait and See - London Jazz Quartet 6 Summertime - Tony Crombie's Jazz Inc. 7 Lullabye - Tommy Whittle Quintet 8 Yesterdays - The Jazz Couriers 9 Theme For Nica - Eddie Thompson Trio 10 Blues For Tony - Wilton 'Bogey' Gaynair Quartet more Tempo information... Tony Hall - the booklet that accompanied this CD release...

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