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Kenny Napper
kennynapper.com
Paul Gonsalves Quartet
The Tony Kinsey Quintet
Zoot Sims Quartet
The John Dankworth Orchestra
The David Lindup Big Band
Mary Lou Williams Quartet
The Ronnie Scott/Jimmy Deuchar Quintet
Tony Crombie And His Orchestra
The Jazz Couriers
Pat Smythe Trio
Victor Feldman Quintet
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Stan Tracey Trio
English jazz bassist, born 14 July 1933 in London.
ALBUMS
Kenny Napper
The Big Noise
1964, 7", Mono, Philips, Philips
Stan Tracey Trio
The 1959 Sessions
2022, CD, Mono, Resteamed,
Pat Smythe Trio
UK Live: With Eddie Davis & Harold McNair 1967, Vol.1
2012, CD, EP, Ltd, Jazzhus Disk
Pat Smythe Trio
UK Live: With Eddie Davis & Harold McNair 1967, Vol.2
2012, CD, EP, Ltd, Jazzhus Disk
Paul Gonsalves Quartet
Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick
1964
The Tony Kinsey Quintet
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
1963, Vinyl,
Stan Tracey Trio
Little Klunk
1959
Mary Lou Williams Quartet
Titoros / Lady Bird
Shellac, 10", Vogue Records
APPEARANCES +
Paradox Jazz Orchestra
Remembering The Skymasters - Legacy
2023, Vinyl,
,
Big Band
Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra*
The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957 - 1974
2021,
,
Big Band
Barney Kessel
Blue Soul + Swinging Easy!
2020, 2xCD, Comp, Black Lion Records
Various
The New Wave II
2015, 8xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Moochin' About,
,
Cool Jazz/Bop
The Tony Kinsey Quartet, The Vic Ash Quintet, Alex Welsh & His Band, Dill Jones Trio*, David Jacobs
BBC Jazz Club Volume 1. Rare Transcription Recordings (1959)
2015, CD, Album, Vocalion,
,
Bop/Cool Jazz/Dixieland
The Tony Crombie Band* / The Eddie Thompson Trio* / Mike Daniels & His Delta Jazzmen* / The Lennie Felix Trio
BBC Jazz Club Volume 2 (Rare Transcription Recordings 1959-60)
2015, CD, Album, Vocalion
Jimmy Deuchar
The Complete Tempo Recordings 1955 - 1958
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Acrobat Music
Zoot Sims
At Ronnie Scott's 1961
2014
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,
,
Big Band
Kicks & Sticks - Landes Jugend Jazz Orchester Hessen* Conductor Wolfgang Diefenbach
A Tribute To Kenny Napper
2010, CD, Album, Mons Records
Frans Halsema
Springlevend
2009, CD, Comp + CD, Universal Music, Beeld En Geluid,
,
Chanson/Vocal/Ballad
Mary Lou Williams
First Lady Of The Piano
2009, CD, Album, Inner City Records
Don Rendell
Don Rendell Presents The Jazz Six & Tenorama Highlights
2008, CD, Comp, RM, Vocalion,
,
Post Bop/Cool Jazz
Various
When The Saints Go & Big Bands At KPM (1967-1975)
2008, CD, Comp, RM, Vocalion,
,
Easy Listening
Alan Clare Trio
Jazz Around The Clock / The Alan Clare Trio With Bob Burns
2005, CD, Comp, Vocalion,
Stéphane Grappelli
The Collection
2005
The Ian Hamer Sextet
Acropolis
2005, 2x CD,
,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Mary Lou Williams
1951-1953
2004
Gilles Peterson
Impressed 2 With Gilles Peterson (Rare, Classic & Unique Modern Jazz From Britain 1963-74
2004, 2x Vinyl,
,
Jazzdance/Modal
Stan Tracey
"Little Klunk" And "Showcase"
2003, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Jasmine Records
Various
Instro-Hipsters A Go-Go Volume 3
2003, CD, Comp, Past & Present Records
Various
Bop-In' Britain Volume 2 - Gettin' The Message
2003, CD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records,
,
Bop
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Pat Smythe Trio & Harold McNair
Oh, Gee! - Live In Manchester, 1967
2002, 2xCD, Album, Mono, Jasmine Records
Chuck Findley With Rob Pronk & The Metropole Orchestra*
Star Eyes (Live)
2001, CD, Album, Not On Label,
Jimmy Deuchar With Tubby Hayes, Derek Humble
Opus De Funk
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Jasmine Records,
,
Bop/Swing/Cool Jazz
The Jazz Couriers Featuring Ronnie Scott And Tubby Hayes
The First And Last Words
2001
Various
Dutch Jazz Giants
2000, 10x CD, Box Set,
,
Gypsy Jazz/Dixieland/Swing/Hard Bop
Bart Van Lier Featuring Vince Mendoza, Netherlands Metropole Orchestra*
Twilight
1998, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Nick Brignola, Netherlands Metropole Orchestra*
Spring Is Here
1998, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Eemsmond Big Band
Just For Fun
1997, CD, Album, Not On Label (EBB Self-released)
Amstel Big Band And Shooting Star
That's All
1996, CD, Album, Not On Label (Amstel Big Band Self-Released),
,
Big Band
Various
The Original Jazz Masters Series Volume Four
1995, 5xCD, Comp, Da Music, Black Lion,
Peter Weniger, Metropole Orchestra
Peter Weniger - Metropole Orchestra
1995, CD,
,
Big Band
George Robert, Metropole Orchestra
George Robert - Metropole Orchestra
1995
Big Band Nijmegen
Retrospective
1994, CD, Album, De Lindenberg
Various, Ben Webster, Barney Kessel, Slide Hampton, Sahib Shihab, Oscar Pettiford
Standards
1994, CD, Comp, St-Clair Music,
Various
The Original Jazz Masters Series Volume Two
1993, Box, Comp + 5xCD, Da Music, Black Lion Records,
,
Swing/Big Band/Hard Bop/Bop
Various
Jazz Moods Volume 5
1993, CD, Comp, Jazz World,
Mary Lou Williams
The First Lady Of The Piano 1952-1971
1993, CD, Comp, Giants Of Jazz,
,
Swing/Bop
Various
Jazz Moods
1993, 5xCD, Comp, Jazz World,
,
Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing
Mary Lou Williams
The London Sessions
1993, CD,
,
Swing
Zoot Sims
Waiting Game
1992,
,
Post Bop
Johnny Dankworth*
The Roulette Years
1991, CD, Comp, RM, Roulette, Roulette,
,
Big Band/Swing
Barney Kessel
It's A Blue World
1990, CD,
,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Bundesjazzorchester* Unter Der Leitung Von Peter Herbolzheimer
Hifi Visionen Jazz-CD 1 (Reference Recording)
1989, CD, Album, Hifi Vision,
,
Big Band
Barney Kessel
Autumn Leaves
1989, CD,
,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass
Smile
1989,
,
Big Band/Jazz-Rock
Bundesjazzorchester* Mit Peter Herbolzheimer
BuJazzO 1
1988, Vinyl,
,
Big Band/Swing/Post Bop/Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
Sky Masters*
Swingtime At The Jazzcafe
1984, LP, Album, Turning Point Records, Turning Point Records,
,
Swing/Big Band
Various
Jazz From The Low Countries
1983, 7xLP, Comp, Transcription + Box, Radio Nederland,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz/Dixieland/Easy Listening/Ragtime/Swing/Latin Jazz
Jugend Jazzorchester Baden-Württemberg
Jugend Jazzorchester Baden-Württemberg
1983, LP, Album, Tonstudio Bauer,
,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Various, Metropole Orkest* o.l.v. Rogier van Otterloo
Liedjes Van Toon
1980, LP, Album, Utopia Music,
,
Ballad
Stéphane Grappelli
Ol' Man Strings
1978,
,
Swing
Caledonians
Blowing Again
1977, LP, Album, Cat Records (7)
Barney Kessel
Blue Soul
1975
Jasperina De Jong
De Engel Van Amsterdam
1975, Vinyl Gatefold,
,
Comedy/Musical/Spoken Word
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams In London
1974, LP, Comp, Mono, RE, GNP Crescendo,
O.l.v. Wim Kuylenburg*
Fiesta Exotica
1973, LP, BASF, BASF,
,
Cha-Cha/Bolero/Samba/Rumba/Guaracha
Various
Heidelberger Jazztage '72 (The Authentic Live Recording)
1973, 2x Vinyl,
,
Fusion/Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
The Radio Big Band
Playing The Best Of British
1972, LP, BBC Records,
,
Big Band
Various
The BBC Presents British Jazz Vol. 2
1972, LP, Comp, Mono, BBC Records,
Das Orchester Kurt Edelhagen*
Jazz/Pop
1972, LP, Album, Westdeutscher Rundfunk,
,
Big Band
Stephane Grappelli*
Stephane Grappelli 1971
1971,
Barney Kessel
Swinging Easy!
1971
David Lindup And The Big Band*
When The Saints Go
1970, Vinyl,
,
Big Band/Theme
Paul Gonsalves
Humming Bird
1970
Ray Warleigh
Ray Warleigh's First Album
1969, Vinyl,
,
Modal
Susan Maughan
Hey Look Me Over
1967, Vinyl,
,
Vocal
John Dankworth And His Orchestra*
(Ain't That) Just Like A Woman
1967
Belle Gonzalez
Contemporary Poets Set In Jazz
1966, 7", EP, Jupiter Recordings Ltd.
Ivan Holmes
The Light, The Love And The Life
1966
Kenny Clare And Ronnie Stephenson
Drum Spectacular
1966
Roy Castle
Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors
1965
John Dankworth His Orchestra & Guests*
The Zodiac Variations
1965, Vinyl,
,
Big Band
Zoot Sims
Cookin'!
1965, Vinyl,
,
Bop/Modal
Cleo Laine Featuring John Dankworth
Shakespeare And All That Jazz
1964, Vinyl,
Johnny Dankworth, His Orchestra And Guests*
What The Dickens!
1963
George Chakiris
George Chakiris Sings George Gershwin
1963
Various
Music From The Sound Track 'All Night Long'
1962, LP, Album, Epic
Zoot Sims
Zoot At Ronnie Scott's
1962
Zoot Sims
Solo For Zoot
1962, Vinyl,
,
Bop
Various
Music From The Sound Track 'All Night Long'
1962, Vinyl,
,
Bop/Soundtrack
Wilton 'Bogey' Gaynair*
Blue Bogey
1961, 7", Mono, Tempo Records (5)
Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae At The Flamingo Club, London
1961
Tony Crombie Orchestra*
Jazz Inc.
1960, Vinyl,
Tony Crombie
Sweet Wide & Blue
1960,
,
Big Band/Easy Listening
The Jazz Couriers Featuring Tubby Hayes And Ronnie Scott
The Last Word
1959
Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair*
Blue Bogey
1959
Christopher Logue & Tony Kinsey
Red Bird Jazz & Poetry
1959
Jimmy Deuchar–Victor Feldman Quintet*
Wail!
1958, 7", EP, Tempo Records (5)
Don Rendell Jazz Six
Doggin' Around
1958
Jimmy Deuchar And His Pals
My Funny Valentine / Bewitched
1958,
,
Hard Bop
Stan Tracey
Showcase
1958,
Jimmy Deuchar Quartet and Sextet
Pal Jimmy
1958,
,
Hard Bop
The Ronnie Scott Sextet
It Don't Mean A Thing
1957, 7", EP, Mono, Philips, Philips,
Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman In London Vol. 2 Big Band
1957
The Ronnie Scott Sextet
Presenting The Ronnie Scott Sextet
1957,
Tony Hall's "Hallstars"*
Space Ship / "Hi-Ya" Mr Jackson
1954, Shellac, 10", Single, Planet Recordings (2),
,
Bop
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams Plays In London
1953
Mary Lou Williams
'Round About Midnight
LP, Comp, Mono, Vogue
Various
This Is Black Lion - Black Lion: The Real Heart Of Jazz Is On Black Lion
LP, Comp, Smplr, Black Lion Records
Ronnie Scott
Six Classics Album Plus Bonus Single
4xCD, Real Gone Jazz,
,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Various
Jazz At Black Lion
1972,
,
Bop/Swing
Roy Castle
Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors
2005,
,
Easy Listening