The Vintage Jazz Big Band - Live in Sweden!

The Vintage Jazz Big Band was formed in Göteborg, Sweden in 1986 with musicians who held a common love for the big band music of the late 1930's and 40's. Without written arrangements to play the task of transcribing from the old records was undertaken by the trumpet player Rolf Sundby with allowance for the band to make slight alterations to fit the instrumentation and unique solos of the musicians. In recent years, arrangements have been added to the repertoire by Magnus Bylund and Johnny Korner, both band members. The band plays for both dancing and concerts.
"Live in Denmark" was recorded in Alborg, Denmark at the Jazz club Satchmo in 2004. Titles on the CD are as follows:-
Sugar foot stomp, Vintage clarinet O'Lee, Mule face blues, Creole love call, Going to town, Swanee river, When the saints, You're just my type, Potato head blues, Some of these days, Rent party blues, Take the A train and One O'clock jump.
The band offers other CDs for sale on its website. Go to www.Vintagejazz.net for more details.

The Gambit Jazzmen

"You'll see all the hot spots" is one of the new CDs being featured at the moment on Trad. Jazz Radio. It is British Trad. at its best and was sent to me by the band's drummer Pete Lay. With him are Geoff Wilde (cornet) Johnny Rogers (reeds) Barry Weston (trombone) Chris Marney (banjo and vocal) and Roger Link (bass). The CD was recorded in 2005, "live" at the Wooda Farm during the annual Bude Jazz Festival and includes the folloing tracks:-
Just a little while to stay here, Bogalusa strut,Uptown bumps, Let the great big world keep turning, Blame it on the blues, Harlem bound, Roses of Picardy, Black mountain blues, That Teasin' rag, Bourbon Street parade, I want a little girl, Gatemouth and the old ballad the Isle of Capri.
The CD is produced by Raymer Sound (RSCD835) whose website is http://www.raymerjazz.co.uk/ . Raymer Sound also record, produce and stock lots of other British jazz bands, so be check them out!
The band can be contacted by calling Pete Lay in the UK (++44) (0)1737 822726 .
Good luck chaps and thanks for sending the CD in, I am sure the listeners to Trad. Jazz Radio will be pleased to hear your music.