Jazz 625 1964 Bill LeSage New Directions in Jazz

[GB007]

Great to see the hugely talented John Scott playing both sax and flute on this!

[mobitrack1]

The Mrs Peel Avengers music sessions would have had most of these players travelling to Elstree studios every week to play on the episode sessions at one time or another. As well as being jazzmen they were also London's top recording session players of the time

[raymondlang]

I love the string arrangement on this..so unique and unusual.

I wonder if this sound is on any of their albums from the early 60s?

Reminds me of my favourite tv show The Avengers! (The Mrs. Peel years)

[AlanRM1000]

@raymondlang The band made two LPs for Philips in 1964 and 1965 "Directions In jazz" and "Road To Ellingtonia" (Night Talk comes from the Directions in Jazz LP). I recently saw a copy of this LP on sale at Foyles in London for £150. It was only ever issued in mono, as was the Ellingtonia LP. The arrangements used for the strings are the same as on the disc, but the solos are different of course especialy Ron, Bob Burns and Bill

[TIOVALLEJO]

vapa arriba!!

[SBirdland]

Absolutly GREATTTT....was here for Ronnie Ross...All the b

[the50sjazzfan]

This is what I call Jazz...GREAT...Thanks for posting.

[BB76USA]

This is fantastic!

I love bari sax, even though it looks like the pipes under the sink.

[drummiedan]

Spike Heatley on 5 string upright bass....fabulous player...and Tony Carr at the drums...fabulous drummer = a rythym section supreme...

[fritzjazz]

I have the original lp. This is my favorite in my collection. Thank you this video, It is big suprise !!!

[22typee]

I answer my own question: the chubby altoist was Bob Burns.

[22typee]

Who is the chubby alto-player? All rather reminiscent of the John Lewis-MJQ influenced period so beloved of Euro-jazzers. When you think what was stirring underneath!

[CAZZIEK321]

I saw Bill playing many years ago. The finest sound you could hear. Amazing.

Carole Brant

[JekyllBoote]

PS. Nice press-roll out of the bass solo!

[JekyllBoote]

This is absolutely sublime.

What a shame that Bill le Sage no longer plays the vibes or piano. These days he has a regular gig playing the harp in a venue with a very selective admissions policy.

[tinxy89]

Just to let you know that Bill Le Sage no longer plays the vibes or the piano as he passed away on 31 October 2001.

[Conojito]

Sounds like the theme to an early 60s crime caper. Possibly with Robert Vaughn in it. And Ann-Margret. All capers go more smoothly with a little Ann-Margret. Sigh. Where was I? Oh yes.

Cool tune.