Box set celebrating an exciting, revolutionary time in British jazz when musical boundaries were stretched or ignored and new identities forged. With British jazz back in the news through genre stretching artists such as Ezra Collective and Shabaka Hutchings it's a perfect time to rediscover this influential period in British jazz history. Featuring celebrated jazz figures such as Dick Morrissey, Tubby Hayes, Don Rendell, Ian Carr, Joe Harriott and Graham Collier alongside bands such as Colosseum, Satisfaction and Keef Hartley Band that merged jazz and rock. This box set tells a story of British Jazz at a time of cultural change, a period of experimentation and transformation in music, from the swinging hard bop of The Dick Morrissey Quartet to the pioneering jazz rock fusion of Nucleus (featuring Ian Carr), If (who included Dick Morrissey) and Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. Key artists include The Dick Morrissey Quartet, The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet, The Joe Harriott Double Quintet, The John Dankworth Orchestra, The Graham Bond Organization, The Mike Westbrook Concert Band, The Tubby Hayes Quartet, The Graham Collier Sextet, John McLaughlin, Nucleus, Brian Auger, Jack Bruce, If and Julie Driscoll

Track List

1. The Dick Morrissey Quartet - Storm Warning
2. Davy Graham - Watermelon Man
3. The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet - Tan Samfu
4. The Joe Harriott Double Quintet Under the Direction of John Mayer - Overture
5. The John Dankworth Orchestra - Return from the Ashes (From the Film Return from the Ashes)
6. The Graham Bond Organization - Wade in the Water (Us B Side Version)
7. Georgie Fame - No Thanks
8. The Mike Taylor Trio - Two Autumns
9. The Mike Westbrook Concert Band - a Greeting
10. The Joe Harriott Quintet - Shepherd's Serenade
11. Michael Garrick Septet - Ursula
12. The Tubby Hayes Quartet - Dear Johnny B
13. Pentangle - in Time
14. Harold McNair - the Hipster
15. Jethro Tull - One for John Gee
16. Spooky Tooth - Luger's Groove
17. The John Cameron Quartet - Troublemaker
18. The Graham Collier Sextet - Down Another Road
19. John McLaughlin - Binky's Beam
20. The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet - One Green Eye
21. The New Jazz Orchestra - Angle
22. Ken Wheeler and the John Dankworth Orchestra - Sweet Dulcinea Blue
23. Michael Gibbs - Some Echoes Some Shadows (For John Dankworth)
24. Wynder K. Frog - Harpsicord Shuffle
25. Jasper - the Beard
26. Manfred Mann Chapter Three - Where Am I Going
27. Colosseum - Those About to Die
28. Keef Hartley Band - Premonition
29. Nucleus - Elastic Rock
30. Brian Auger ; the Trinity - Maiden Voyage
31. Affinity - a Day in the Life (Live at Ronnie Scott's 1969) 16 the Johnny Almond Music Machine - Voodoo Forest
32. Jack Bruce with John McLaughlin Dick Heckstall- Smith Jon Hiseman - Over the Cliff
33. Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Dragon Song
34. The Ray Russell Quartet - Can I Have My Paperback Back (Live at the Playhouse Theatre 1969)
35. If - What Did I Say About the Box Jack?
36. Chris Spedding - the Forest of Fables
37. The Trio (Featuring John Surman) - Joachim
38. Satisfaction - Sharing
39. Julie Driscoll - a New Awakening
40. Bob Downes Open Music - Keep Off the Grass
41. Trifle - Is It Loud?
42. Garrick's Fairground with Norma Winstone - Epiphany
43. Nucleus - Song for the Bearded Lady
44. John McLaughlin John Surman Karl Berger Stu Martin Dave Holland - Earth Bound Hearts
45. If - Seldom Seen Sam
46. John Taylor - and Think Again
47. Mike Osborne - So It Is (Edit)

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