CD1
1. One O'Clock Jump
2. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
3. Mahjong
4. Moonlight in Vermont
5. What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?
6. Spring is Here
7. It’s You or No One
8. Ain’t Misbehavin’
9. Can’t Buy Me Love
10. St James Infirmary Blues
11. Rhapsody for Drums
12. Little Serenade
13. Senor Swings
14. Dark Eyes
15. Robert E Lee
16. Boogie Blues
17. Cha Cha Baby
18. Hava Nagila
19. Lover
20. Hawaiian War Chant
CD2
1. I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love with
Me
2. Mona Lisa
3. Be My Love
4. Eternally
5. The High and Mighty
6. From This Moment On
7. Lonesome Road
8. I’ve Got the Bluest Kind of Blues
9. It’s a Boomsie
10. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
11. That’s A Plenty
12. If I Had You
13. Caravan
14. Exactly Like You
15. That Certain Feeling
16. Squeeze Me
17. That Old Black Magic
18. High Society
19. King Porter Stomp
The Ted Heath Band was synonymous
with quality; that’s what Ted was all about.
Already a top session trombone player, he
formed his band in 1945, determined to employ
the best musicians available, the best singers,
the best arrangers and to have in each section
outstanding jazz players. He was successful
in all areas as this record demonstrates.
The precision with which the band plays is
perfection, as are the dynamics, the tuning
and, more than that, the band swings throughout.
Although there are no personnel
details on the sleeve, it is not difficult
to recognise Ronnie Verrell’s drumming, Stan
Tracey’s piano and vibes work, Don Lusher
on trombone, Bobby Pratt and Eddie Blair on
trumpets. Henry Mackenzie’s brilliant clarinet
playing is a joy as always. There is also
the superb tenor sax of Bob Efford, to say
nothing of the lead alto work of Ronnie Chamberlain.
These are just a few members of a band that
really did consist of an all-star line up.
We should also be enormously
proud of what Ted achieved, with a band that
could hold its own with the best in the world.
Don Mather
CD Reviews
Delta
Leisure 38285
