The John Dankworth Orchestra

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The John Dankworth Orchestra

Kenny Wheeler Michael Gibbs Tony Coe Tony Roberts Henry Lowther Derek Watkins John Dankworth Tristan Fry Chris Pyne Tony Russell Dick Hart Alan Branscombe Eddie Harvey Les Condon Peter King Spike Heatley Kenny Clare Danny Moss Ray Swinfield Laurie Holloway John Spooner Kenny Napper Alan Downey Eric Dawson Dave Lee Alex Leslie Laurie Monk Bert Courtley Dickie Hawdon Derrick Abbott Danny Elwood Garry Brown Colin Wright Ron Snyder Stan Palmer Bob Carson Paul Lestre Ronnie Fenwick Charlie Evans

ex Frank Holder

ALBUMS

The John Dankworth Orchestra

BBC Transcription Recordings Volume 2: Too Cool For The Blues

2016, CD, Comp, Vocalion

The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra*

Duet For 16 - The 1959 BBC Transcription Recordings

2015, CD, Comp, Vocalion

The Dankworth Big Band*

Full Circle & Lifeline

2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Vocalion,

Big Band/Jazz-Rock/Theme

John Dankworth With His Orchestra & Guests*

The Zodiac Variations & The $1,000,000 Collection

2011, Comp + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM, Vocalion,

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*

Too Cool For The Blues

2010, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Rex Recordings (2),

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Johnny Dankworth Orchestra*

5 Steps To Dankworth / Journey Into Jazz

2008, CD, Comp, RM, Vocalion,

The Dankworth Big Band*

Live At Ronnie Scott's

1990, CD, Album, Sepia

The John Dankworth Big Band*

The Vintage Years (1953-1959)

1990, CD, Sepia, Sepia,

The Dankworth Big Band*

Live At Ronnie Scott's

1990, CD, Album, Sepia,

Johnny Dankworth* Featuring Cleo Laine With The John Dankworth Orchestra And The The Johnny Dankworth Seven

Cleo Laine, The John Dankworth Orchestra

1979, LP, Comp, St Michael

John Dankworth & His Orchestra*

Telford's Change

1978, 7", Single, BBC Records And Tapes,

John Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Soundtrack/Jazz-Funk

The Dankworth Big Band*

1973, LP, Album, Philips

The John Dankworth Big Band*

Big Band/Jazz-Rock

John Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Ken Wheeler* And The John Dankworth Orchestra

Windmill Tilter (The Story Of Don Quixote)

Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop/Modal/Big Band

John Dankworth And His Orchestra*

The $1,000,000 Collection

John Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Ain't That Just Like A Woman / Accident

John Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Modesty Blaise Theme

1966, 7", Single, Mono, 3-P, Fontana, Fontana,

The John Dankworth Orchestra

Return From The Ashes

1966, 7", Mono, Fontana, Fontana,

The John Dankworth Orchestra

Empty Arms And Empty Heart

1966, 7", Single, Fontana

Bob Breen (2) / John Dankworth & Orch.*

Ice Is Nice / "Modesty Blaise" Theme

David And Jonathan* / John Dankworth & Orch.*

Modesty (Modesty Blaise Theme) / The Willie Waltz

Dirk Bogarde / The Moviesounds*

Darling / Pavan For Diane

1965, 7", Mono, Fontana, Fontana,

Romantic/Easy Listening/Theme

John Dankworth With His Orchestra And Guests*

Zodiac Variations

John Dankworth And His Orchestra*

1964, 7", Single, Mono, Fontana, Fontana,

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

1963, 7", Single, Fontana, Fontana

John Dankworth And His Orchestra*

1963, 7", Single, Fontana

Johnny Dankworth, His Orchestra And Guests*

What The Dickens!

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*

Jazz From Abroad

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*

O Pato (Bossa Nova) / Abandonado (Bossa Nova)

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*, The London Philharmonic Orch.* Conducted By Hugo Rignold

The John Dankworth Orchestra

Avengers Title Music

1961, Acetate, 10", Iris Productions LTD,

The John Dankworth Orchestra

Strings Of Camels

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Avengers Theme / Chano

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Soundtrack Music From 'The Criminal'

Soundtrack/Cool Jazz

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

We Are The Lambeth Boys

1959, 7", Top Rank International

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

The Vintage Years

1959, LP, Mono, Parlophone,

The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra* with Cleo Laine, Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band* and The Diz Disley String Quintet*

BBC Jazz Club - 80 / 81

1959, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, BBC Transcription Services,

Johnny Dankworth and his orchestra*

Bundle From Britain

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*

Dankworth Plays "My Fair Lady"

1958, 7", EP, Parlophone,

Big Band/Easy Listening

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Coquette / Duke's Joke

1957, 7", Single, Parlophone

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

All Clare / Melbourne Marathon

1957, 7", Single, Parlophone,

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Big Jazz Story / Firth Of Fourths

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*

Journey Into Jazz

1956, 10", Mono, Parlophone,

Big Band/Post Bop

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Memories Of You

1956, 7", EP, Mono, Parlophone,

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Moby Dick / Memories Of You

1956, Shellac, 10", Parlophone

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Blues In The Night / Adios

1956, Shellac, 10", Parlophone,

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Experiments With Mice / Applecake

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*

Feather Merchant / Indiana

1955, Shellac, 10", Parlophone,

Johnny Dankworth And His Orch.*

1955, Shellac, 10", Parlophone

Cleo Laine With Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Ain't Misbehavin' / I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*

The John Dankworth Orchestra

1954, 7", Single, Parlophone

Johnny Dankworth Seven* / Johnny Dankworth & His Orch.*

Oo-Be-Bop / Runnin' Wild

1954, Shellac, 10", Parlophone,

Frank Holder With Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Mambo In The Moonlight / Stop! (Proceed With Caution)

1954, Shellac, 10", Parlophone,

Cleo Laine With John Dankworth & His Orchestra*

I Got Rhythm / I Know You're Mine

1954, 7", Single, Parlophone,

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*, The Ken Moule Seven, The Tony Kinsey Quartet

BBC Jazz Club 1/2

1954, 2xLP, 16", Transcription, BBC Transcription Service, BBC Transcription Service, BBC Transcription Service, BBC Transcription Service,

Johnny Dankworth & His Orch.*

My Buddy / The Jerky Thing

Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*

Bugle Call Rag / You Go To My Head

Big Band/Dixieland/Ragtime

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Perdido / Four Of A Kind

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

'S Wonderful / Younger Every Day

The John Dankworth Orchestra

The Dankworth Workshop (No.1)

7", EP, Parlophone

Johnny Dankworth's Big Band*

Swinging In The '50s

LP, Comp, IAJRC, IAJRC,

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Jim And Andy's / Colonel's Tune

7", Single, Mono, Parlophone

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Big Band Jazz From England Volume 2

2xLP, Album, Golden Era Records (2), Big Band International,

The John Dankworth Orchestra

The Dankworth Workshop (No.2)

7", EP, Parlophone,

The John Dankworth Orchestra

Singin' In The Rain / Non Stop London

7", Single, Tri, Capitol Records,

The Harry Klein Quintet, The Victor Feldman Quartet, Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra*, Cleo Laine

10", Album, BBC Transcription Services

The John Dankworth Orchestra, Jack Parnell And His Musicmakers*, The Kenny Baker Quartet, Freddy Randall And His Band

London Broil: Part 1

7", EP, Angel Records,

Jack Parnell & His Orchestra, The John Dankworth Orchestra, Freddy Randall And His Band, The Kenny Baker Quartet

London Broil: Part 2

7", EP, Angel Records

Johnny Dankworth Y Su Orquesta*

Jazz Para La Gente Moderna - 1

LP, BBC Transcription Services, BBC Transcription Services,

Public Broadcast/Easy Listening/Big Band

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

Jim And Andy's / Colonel's Tune

7", Single, Mono, Promo, Parlophone,

Johnny Dankworth & His Orch.* / Ray Barretto & His Orch.*

African Waltz / El Watusi

Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra*

Showbiz Personalities Of 1977

Cleo Laine, The John Dankworth Orchestra

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra*

The Slider / It's The Talk Of The Town

1956, 7", EP, Parlophone,

APPEARANCES +

If We Lived On The Top Of A Mountain & Portrait

2016, CD, Comp, RE, Vocalion,

Johnny Dankworth*

The Best Of Johnny Dankworth

2008, 2xCD, Comp, EMI Gold

The Mercury Songbook

John Dankworth, Humphrey Lyttelton

Spotlight On Cleo Laine

Don't Go Love, Don't Go

1968, 7", Single, Fontana, Fontana,

If We Lived On The Top Of A Mountain

Sammy Davis Jnr.*

Salt And Pepper

David And Jonathan*, Bob Breen (2), John Dankworth

Dankworth* And The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Johnny Dankworth*

The Big Band Sound Of Johnny Dankworth

A New Awakening

2025, Box + 3xCD, Comp, Strawberry (26)

African Waltz - The Singles Collection 1950-62

2024, 3xCD, Comp, Acrobat,

A Painter In Sound (Pre-Beatles Productions And Classical Influences)

2022, 4xCD, Comp, Él,

Post-Modern/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Boogie Woogie/Classical/Music Hall/Opera/Special Effects/Spoken Word

Vision On Sound On (Themes And Rarities Celebrating The Centenary Of UK Broadcasting)

2022, CD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records,

2022, 6xFile, FLAC, Comp, British Progressive Jazz,

You'll Answer To Me: A Selected Anthology

2022, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records,

Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain (1965-1972)

Big Band/Jazz-Rock/Modal/Fusion

Soho Scene ‘58 - Jazz Goes Mod

Now 100 Hits Forgotten 60s

2020, 4xCD, Comp, Dig, Sony Music, Universal Music On Demand, Sony Music, Universal Music On Demand,

The Sky's The Limit and 33 other TV Themes

2019, CD, Comp, Chichester Hospital Radio,

Soho Scene '60 (Jazz Goes Mod)

2018, LP, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records, 1960s Records

Soho Scene '59-'60 (Jazz Goes Mod)

2018, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Rhythm & Blues Records,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Post Bop/Big Band/Swing

Original Jazz Movie Sound Tracks

2018, 10xCD, Comp + Box, The Intense Media, Documents,

Keep It Light (A Panorama Of British Jazz : The Modernists)

2017, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Él,

Big Band/Modal/Ragtime/Swing/Avant-garde Jazz

Soho Scene '62 - Jazz Goes Mod

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records

The New Wave ‎II

2015, 8xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Moochin' About,

The Greatest TV Themes Of The 50s & 60s

2015, 2xCD, Comp, Not Now Music,

Theme/Soundtrack

Escape In Time Popular British Television Themes Of The 1960s

2015, CD, Comp, Él,

The Early Works Of George Martin

2014, 2xCD, Comp, Sli, Not Now Music,

Vocal/Skiffle/Pop Rock

British Modern Jazz (Singles, EP Tracks & Rarities 1960-62)

2014, CDr, Comp, Acrobat

Pop Goes The Easel The Start Of The Swinging Sixties

2014, 2xCD, Comp, Car, Él, Cherry Red,

The Hits of João Gilberto

2013, CD, Comp, Él, Cherry Red,

Bossanova/Samba

New Edition - Rare Radio Recordings 1958-62

Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop/Interview

1961 British Hit Parade - Britain's Greatest Hits Vol. 10, The B-sides - Part 1

2012, 4xCD, Comp, Acrobat,

Ballad/Doo Wop/Rock & Roll/Vocal/Easy Listening

Take It Off ! 50 Essential Striptease Classics

2012, 2xCD, Comp, Not Now Music,

Jazz Britannia (The Very Best Of British Jazz)

2012, 2xCD, Comp, RM, NDL Media

1961 British Hit Parade - Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 10 - Part 1 January - April

2012, 4xCDr, Comp, Acrobat Music

Lemon Popsicles And Strawberry Milkshakes 60 Instrumental Greats

2011, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Go Entertain,

1956 British Hit Parade - Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 5 - Part 1 January - June

Easy Listening/Rock & Roll

Soho After Dark

2010, 2xCD, Comp, Giant Steps Recordings,

Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

The Best Of British Jazz

2010, 3xCD, River Productions Ltd.

Instro Hipsters A Go-Go

2008, 5xCD, Comp, Num + Box, Psychic Circle,

Lounge/Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock/Mod/Instrumental

This Is... 1961

2008, CD, Comp, EMI

101 Fifties Songs

2008, 4xCD, Comp, EMI TV, Virgin Records Ltd., Box Music (3),

BBC Jazz Awards 2008

2008, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Specific Jazz,

2008, 4xCD, Comp, Minos-EMI,

Remembering The Sixties: 1961

2008, 3xCD, Comp, Box, Reader's Digest,

Vocal/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll/Beat

Restore To Da Beatz Vol.4 – History Of Crates Diggaz

2007, CD, Mixed, Promo, Monster Music (6),

Boom Bap/Conscious/Gangsta/Hardcore Hip-Hop/Turntablism/RnB/Swing/Cut-up/DJ/Contemporary R&B/Disco/Soul/Rhythm & Blues/Funk

John Dankworth & Cleo Laine

Spread A Little Happiness

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Entertainment

Crates Diggaz Lesson 1

2005, CD, Mixed, Promo, Interface & Factor,

Instro Hipsters Volume Five

2004, CD, Comp, Past & Present Records,

Lounge/Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock/Mod/Instrumental

Instro-Hipsters A Go-Go Volume 3

2003, CD, Comp, Past & Present Records

The Originals Backline Volume 225

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Backline Records

Produced By George Martin 50 Years In Recording

2001, 6xCD, Album, Comp, Num, Lon, Parlophone,

Comedy/Soundtrack/Theme

Favoriet Van Follet - 18 Instrumentale Hits

2001, CD, Comp, Magic

Favoriet Van Follet - 36 Orginele Favorieten

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Magic,

The TV Sets (Episode 1)

A Tribute To George Gershwin

1994, 2xCD, Comp, Music For Pleasure, EMI, Music For Pleasure,

La Música de Aventuras

1993, CD, Album, Comp, London Records,

Soundtrack/Classical/Score/Theme

Scandal (Music From The Motion Picture)

Rock & Roll/Ballad/Soft Rock/Instrumental

La Música De Aventuras

Low Lights And Trick Mirrors

1986, Cass, Comp, New Musical Express,

Cool Jazz/Swing

An Hour Of The Hits Of 1961

1986, Cass, Comp, Hour Of Pleasure,

50 BBC T.V. Themes

50 Favourites Of The 50s

1983, 3xCass, Comp, Mono, Trio (4),

20 BBC Drama Themes

Reflections (Great Instrumentals For Today)

Herkennings Melodie Deel 2

20 Golden Hits Of 1961

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Music For Pleasure,

Pop Rock/Rock & Roll

On The Air—60 Years Of BBC Theme Music

Top BBC TV Themes Vol.2

1981, LP, Comp, RP, BBC Records,

Theme/Score/Funk/Easy Listening

Top BBC TV Themes Vol. 2

1979, LP, Comp, BBC Records

El Genuino Sabor Americano. Jazz

1979, 2xCass, Comp, RCA Victor, RCA

BBC Space Themes

Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia Of Jazz In The '70s

Fusion/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Big Band

Living Stereo - Volume 2

Johnny Dankworth* And The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Hugo Rignold

Improvisations For Jazz Band And Symphony Orchestra / Ebony Concerto / Rendezvous

Modern/Big Band

The BBC Presents British Jazz Vol. 2

1972, LP, Comp, Mono, BBC Records,

Johnny Dankworth* / Billy Strayhorn

Johnny Dankworth / Billy Strayhorn

50 Years Of British Jazz

Audio Fair Sampler

1969, LP, Smplr, Philips

1966, 7", EP, Merica (2)

Soundtrack/Score/Theme/Easy Listening/Garage Rock

David & Jonathan, John Dankworth

唇からナイフ = Modesty Blaise

1959, 7", EP, Smplr, Not On Label

1955, 10", Comp, Angel Records,

Let's Twist Again!

8xCD, Comp, Not On Label,

Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Soul/Blues Rock/Funk

Johnny Dankworth* And London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Hugo Rignold

Improvisations For Jazz Band And Symphony Orchestra / Ebony Concerto / Rendezvous

Modern/Big Band

Lost Jukebox Vol. 84

CDr, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label

Scandal (Music From The Motion Picture)