Walking With The King - Ken Colyer

No collection of the sounds in the U.K. in the 1950's/60's would be complete without the late, great, Ken Colyer.
This track is particularly pleasing, to me, because it captures so well the atmosphere in the clubs and pubs in those heady days of the "New Orleans Revival".
It was recorded at The Railway Hotel, Hampstead, London, in 1956 and the line-up was:-
Ken Colyer; tpt. Mac Duncan; tmb. Ian Wheeler; clt. John Bastable; bjo. Ron Ward; bss. and Colin Bowden; dms.

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Music

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• Jazz
• Ken_Colyer
• Walking_With_The_King

[mamiepat62]

Oh God Such great memories!

[manofcatrine]

Good old Ken, God rest his soul. Good old nights down the Thames Hotel..........

[walcote1]

Spent a night in there Jazz Cub in Soho, people were laying everywhere, even had pillows with them, great night great music.

[yeriaf]

I remember seeing them at Birmingham Town Hall, a long time ago.

[Denzed4u]

I first heard the Ken Colyer band at the Shakespear hotel in Woolich in the fifties and was blown away with this great band ,I became addicted to NOJazz immediately.Ken will always be the"Guv'ner!

[jazzjohn2004]

LMAO! I remember MacDuncan and Sonny Morris having a fight one night, on stage at the Napier !

I liked Sonny but MacDuncan didn't like me. He was a miserable bugger and commited suicide eventually by setting himself on fire.

Guess he always wanted to be a hot trombone player !

[JuneBee55]

Oh what nostalgia. I was married to one of the Colyer jazzmen and remember well what the atmosphere was like in 1950s/60s. Thank you MoleDFigg for posting.

[Lainiodurrant]

Thank you!

[dreembots]

Happy Days Happy nights Great Jazz Thank You

[paulloughlin12]

I went to the thames too great fun nights