Bruce Turner


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English jazz saxophonist (alto & soprano) and clarinetist.
Born: July 5, 1922 in Saltburn, England.
Died: November 28, 1993 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England.

ALBUMS


Humphrey Lyttelton, Digby Fairweather, Roy Williams (3), Roy Crimmins, Bruce Turner, Dick Morrissey, Peter King (2), John Barnes*, Dave Shepherd, Randy Colville, Brian Lemon, Mick Pyne, Martin Taylor, Jim Douglas, Dave Green, Harvey Weston, Allan Ganley, Johnny Richardson
Jazz City UK Volume 2: The Jam Sessions
2018, CD, Comp, Big Bear Records, ,
Swing
Bruce Turner
Accent On Swing
2012, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Lake Records
Bruce Turner
The Jump Band Collection
2003, CD, Comp, Lake Records
Chris Barber, Sammy Rimington, Dick Charlesworth, Pat Halcox, Bruce Turner, Rod Mason, Beryl Bryden, Digby Fairweather
BBC Jazz From The 70s & 80s In Stereophonic Sound Volume 2
2000, CD, Comp, Upbeat Jazz, BBC,
Bruce Turner
The Dirty Bopper
1999, CD, Comp, Upbeat Jazz, ,
Swing
The Controversial Bruce Turner*
That's The Blues, Dad
1995, CD, Lake Records, Lake Records
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band, Buddy Tate, Acker Bilk, Helen Shapiro, Kenny Davern, Lillian Boutté, Maxine Daniels, Bruce Turner, Wally Fawkes, Johnny Barnes
A Decade Of Calligraph
1995, CD, Comp, Calligraph Records,
Bruce Turner
The Dirty Bopper
1985, LP, Album, Calligraph Records
Alex Welsh & His Band - George Chisholm - Humphrey Lyttelton - Bruce Turner
Salute To Satchmo
1977
Bruce Turner / Johnny Barnes
Jazz Masters
1976, LP, Album, Cadillac Records
Susannah McCorkle With Keith Ingham His Quartet & Trio* Featuring Bruce Turner
The Music Of Harry Warren (There Will Never Be Another You)
1976
Alex Welsh And His Band*, Humphrey Lyttelton, Beryl Bryden, George Chisholm, Lennie Felix, John Chilton - Wally Fawkes, Feetwarmers* With Bruce Turner
The Melody Maker Tribute To Louis Armstrong
1974, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Intercord, Intercord, Black Lion Records, Black Lion Records
Alex Welsh Featuring George Chisholm, Humphrey Lyttelton, Bruce Turner
An Evening With Alex Welsh And His Friends (Part 1)
1972
Alex Welsh Featuring George Chisholm, Humphrey Lyttelton, Bruce Turner
An Evening With Alex Welsh And His Friends
1972
Alex Welsh Featuring George Chisholm, Humphrey Lyttelton, Bruce Turner
An Evening With Alex Welsh And His Friends (Part 2)
1972, Vinyl, ,
Dixieland
Bruce Turner & His Jump Band*
Jamaica Jump
1962
Ewan Maccoll, Brian Daly, Peggy Seeger, Jim Bray, Bruce Turner
Come On Gal
1961, Flexi, Card, Squ, Not On Label
Kenny Baker / Bruce Turner / Don Lawson
Midnight At Nixa
1956, LP, Mono, Pye Nixa,
Bruce Turner
Blues And Ballads
1955,
The Fawkes-Turner Sextet, Wally Fawkes, Bruce Turner
Takin' It Easy
1954
Bruce Turner
Accent On Swing
7", EP, Sonet
BRUCE TURNER
It Could HappenTo You
7", EP, Columbia
Bruce Turner & His Jump Band*
Four Or Five Times
7", CRD (3)
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Live At The Nottingham Jazz Festival 1972
2013, 2xCD, Album, Calligraph Records, ,
Swing
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Georgia Mae
2001, CD, Past Perfect Silver Line, ,
Dixieland
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Humph At The Conway + Jazz At The Royal Festival Hall
2000, CD, Comp, RE, Calligraph Records
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
A Tribute To Humph - Volume 8
1987, LP, Album, Comp, Dormouse
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
A Tribute To Humph - Volume 5
1987, LP, Album, Comp, Dormouse
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Humph At The Bull's Head
1985
Fingers
Remember Mingus
1979
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Doggin' Around
1972, LP, Album, Wam
Mr. Acker Bilk Orchestra
Mr. Acker Bilk In Leipzig
1970
Brian Lemon Ensemble
Our Kind Of Music
1970
The Bruce Turner Jump Band
Jumping For Joy No.1
1962
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Here's Humph!
1957, Vinyl, ,
Swing
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Humph Swings Out
1956, 10", Mono, Parlophone
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Jazz With Lyttelton (No. 3)
1956, 7", EP, Parlophone, ,
Dixieland
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Humph's Blues (No.2)
1956, 7", EP, Parlophone
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Humph's Blues (No.2)
1956, ,
Dixieland
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Jazz Session With Humph
1956, ,
Swing
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Some Like it Hot
1955, 10", Mono, Angel Records
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Jazz At The Royal Festival Hall
1955
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Humph At The Conway
1954,
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Red For Piccadilly / Kater Street Rag
1953
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
Colourful Humph!
7", EP, Parlophone
Various
Jazz Me Blues!
CD, Comp, Jazz Colours

APPEARANCES +


Various
Talking The Groove: Jazz Against Racism
2024, 2xCD, Jazz In Britain, Jazz In Britain,
Albert Nicholas
Albert’s Blues & The 44 Gerrard St. Session
2021, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Joe Harriott
The Joe Harriott Story
2011, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2), ,
Free Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Hard Bop
Various
Skiffle Showcase
2009, CD, Comp, Mono, Stomper Time Records
Big Bill Broonzy
Key to the Blues
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Blues Boulevard
Kenny Baker
Baker's Dozen - Volume One & The Half Dozen
2008, CD, Comp, Vocalion, ,
Dixieland/Swing
The Kenny Baker Group
Midnight At Nixa & After Hours - A Session For Kicks
2008, CD, Comp, Vocalion
Various
Folk Songs
2007, CD, Comp, Dig, Nato, ,
Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Art Rock/Afrobeat/Contemporary Jazz
Humphrey Lyttelton
Bad Penny Blues 1955-1956
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Lake Records, ,
Dixieland
Roger Marks
Magical Mainstream
2007, CD, Comp, Raymer Sound
Various
Trad Jazz - In Concert
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Rex Recordings (2)
George Chisholm All Stars
Along The Chisholm Trail
2006
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
The Lost 1954 Royal Festival Hall Tapes
2004, CD, Album, Upbeat Jazz, ,
Dixieland/Skiffle
George Melly & The Feetwarmers*
Nuts & Son of Nuts
2004
Lol Coxhill
Spectral Soprano
2002, 2xCD, Emanem, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz
Humphrey Lyttelton
It Seems Like Yesterday
2001
Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band
In Concert 1968
2000, CD, Lake Records
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Charles Parker
Song Of A Road - A Radio Ballad About The Building Of The M1 Motorway
1999, CD, Album, Topic Records
Wild Bill Davison
Swinging Wild
1999, CD, Album, Jazzology
Ewan MacColl
The Legend Of Ewan MacColl
1998, CD, ,
Folk
Al Fairweather*
Fairweather Friends Made To Measure
1997, CD, Album, Lake Records
Wild Bill Davison
Struttin' With Some Barbecue
1997, CD, Comp, Jazz Colours, Da Music
Alex Welsh
Louis Armstrong Memorial Concert
1995
Big Miller
The Last Of The Blues Shouters
1994, CD, Album, Southland Records
Humphrey Lyttelton
Movin'and Groovin'
1990, CD, Album, RE, Black Lion Records,
Big Bill Broonzy
The 1955 London Sessions
1990
Ewan MacColl
Black And White (The Definitive Ewan MacColl Collection)
1990
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band*
Gigs
1988, CD, Album, RM, Fortune
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band*
Gigs
1987, LP, Calligraph Records
Lol Coxhill
Before My Time
1987
Various
The M&B Jam Session Volume 1
1985, LP, Album, Big Bear Records
Wild Bill Davison
Lady Of The Evening
1985, ,
Swing
Humphrey Lyttelton
It Seems Like Yesterday
1983, LP, Album, Calligraph Records, Calligraph Records
Various
Those Wonderful Radio Years
1983,
Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger
Freeborn Man
1983, Vinyl, ,
Folk
Humphrey Lyttelton
Echoes Of Harlem
1982, Vinyl,
Humphrey Lyttelton
One Day I Met An African
1980, LP, Album, Black Lion Records
Humphrey Lyttelton
Sir Humph's Delight!
1979, LP, Album, Black Lion Records,
Humphrey Lyttelton
Spreadin' Joy
1979, LP, Comp, Black Lion Records
Keith Smith's Chosen Five* With Benny Waters
Up Jumped The Blues
1979, LP, Hefty Jazz Records,
Peggy Seeger And Ewan MacColl
Hot Blast
1978, Vinyl, ,
Folk
Humphrey Lyttelton
Hazy Crazy & Blue
1977,
Bud Freeman
Song Of The Tenor
1976, LP, Philips
Susannah McCorkle
The Music Of Harry Warren
1976
Various
Jazz Power
1975, 2xLP, Album, Black Lion Special, Intercord,
Buddy Tate / Humphrey Lyttelton
Kansas City Woman
1975,
Humphrey Lyttelton
Take It From The Top - A Dedication To Duke Ellington
1975, Vinyl,
The Dixieland All Stars
Dixieland Now & Then
1974, LP, Album, Line Records Ltd.
George Melly With John Chilton's Feetwarmers
It's George
1974, Vinyl, ,
Dixieland/Big Band/Musical/Vocal
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band*
In Swinger
1974
Humphrey Lyttelton
South Bank Swing Session: Recorded In Concert At The Queen Elizabeth Hall London
1974, ,
Swing
George Melly And The Feetwarmers*
Son Of Nuts
1973, Cass, Album, Warner Bros. Records
George Melly And The Feetwarmers*
Son Of Nuts
1973
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
The World Of Ewan MacColl And Peggy Seeger Vol. 2 (Songs From Radio Ballads)
1972, LP, Album, Argo (2), Argo (2), ,
Folk
George Melly & The Feetwarmers*
Nuts
1972, Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve,
Various
The Melody Maker Tribute To Louis Armstrong Volume 2
1971, LP, Album, Polydor, Black Lion Records, ,
Big Band/Swing
Adelaide Hall With The Brian Lemon Half-Dozen*
Hall Of Fame
1970, LP, Album, Columbia, Columbia,
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
The World Of Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
1970
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Charles Parker
On The Edge (A Radio Ballad)
1970, Vinyl, ,
Folk
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger and Charles Parker
The Travelling People (A Radio Ballad By Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger And Charles Parker)
1969, Vinyl, ,
Interview/Field Recording/Radioplay/Folk/Spoken Word
Ewan MacColl & Charles Parker (2), Peggy Seeger
The Ballad Of John Axon / The Golden Note
1967, LP, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker (2), Peggy Seeger
Singing The Fishing (A Radio Ballad)
1967
Wild Bill Davison With Freddy Randall And His Band
Wild Bill Davison With Freddy Randall And His Band
1966, ,
Dixieland
Ewan MacColl & Charles Parker (2), Peggy Seeger
The Ballad Of John Axon
1965, ,
Spoken Word/Folk
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Harold Wilshaw
Song Of A Road / The Thousand-Horse Town
1963, LP, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, ,
Folk
Various
Hot Jazz, Cool Beer
1962,
Various
Blackstick
1959, LP, Comp, Pye Jazz
Ilene Day
Duke Calls The Tune And Ilene Day Sings The Songs
1958, Vinyl, ,
Vocal
The Humphrey Lyttelton Five*
Lightly And Politely
1956, 7", EP, Mono, Parlophone
Freddy Randall And His Band, Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band
BBC Jazz Club 17/19
1956, 2xLP, 16", Transcription, BBC Transcription Service, BBC Transcription Service, BBC Transcription Service, BBC Transcription Service
The Fawkes-Turner Sextet
Takin' It Easy Volume 2
1955, 7", EP, Decca
The Kenny Baker Group
After Hours
1955, 10", Mono, Jazz Today,
The Fawkes-Turner Sextet
Takin' It Easy Volume 1
1955
The Fawkes-Turner Sextet
Takin' It Easy
1954
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band*
Just Once For All Time / Joshua, Fit The Battle Of Jericho
1954
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band*
Maryland My Maryland / Blue For Waterloo
1953, Shellac, ,
Dixieland
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band*
Martiniquen Song (Last Year) / Ain't Cha Got Music
1953
Various
The Jazz Club Presented By Mark White
1951, 10", Mono, London Records
Freddy Randall And His Band
Washington And Lee Swing / Dark Night Blues
1950, Shellac, 10", Tempo (14)
Mark White Presents The Jazz Club
Jazz Club Stomp / Black And Blue
1949, Shellac, 10", Decca
Freddie Randall Dixieland Band*
Georgia Cake Walk / Honey
1949
The Dixieland All-Stars*
At The Jazzband Ball
LP, Album, Line Records Ltd., ,
Dixieland
Melody Maker (Ideal) Modern Group
If I Could Be With You / Young And Healthy
Shellac, 10", Esquire
Humphrey Lyttelton
Let's Get It In
CD, Jazz Colours
Bruce Turner Quintet
What Is This Thing Called Love / Shine
Shellac, 10", Muza
Humphrey Lyttelton
Take It From The Top
CD, Album, Jazz Colours,
Various
Operation Jam Session, Tribute To Benny Carter Etc.
CD, Comp, RM, Vocalion,
Pat Halcox And Friends*
There's Yes! Yes! In Your Eyes
CD, Album, Jazzology, ,
Dixieland
Various
Tribute To Duke Ellington Vol. 2
CD, Album, Jazz Colours, Da Music, ,
Big Band
Fawkes-Turner Sextet*
Fawkes-Turner Sextet
Various
Fire Of Love Vol.2
2022, LP, Comp, Be! Sharp Records
Various
British Traditional Jazz At A Tangent Vol. 2
2012, CD, Comp, Lake Records,
Various
The Great Story Of The Rock-A-Ballad Volume One
2009, CD, Comp, Lesley (2)
Various
Too Hot: The Best Of Mainstream British Jazz
2004, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Castle Music,
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band*, The Bruce Turner Quartet*, Fairweather-Brown All Stars
Humph, Bruce & Sandy Swing At The BBC
2002, CD, Album, Upbeat Jazz, BBC
Various
The Heroes Of British Jazz - There And Back (Disc Two)
1999, CD, Comp, Pulse (3),
Various
The Heroes Of British Jazz
1999, 4xCD, Album, Comp + Box, Castle Music
Various
18 Jazz Classics Volume Two
1993, CD, Comp, Castle Communications, ,
Big Band
Various
72 Jazz Classics
1993, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Castle Communications, ,
Big Band
Various
72 Jazz Classics
1993, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Castle Communications
Various
The Best Of British Jazz On Black Lion
1977, 2xLP, Black Lion Records,
The Loot
Singles A's And B's
2007, ,
Garage Rock/Pop Rock/Beat/Mod
Various
English Freakbeat Volume One (Crazed Limey Teens On A Wyld Sound Rampage!!)
,
Garage Rock/Rock & Roll