In the days before The Beatles.

I'm happy to inform listeners to TJR that the wonderful "1961" album from the legendary British band The Temperence Seven was uploaded onto the playlist alongside tracks from Terry Lightfoot's band from 1960. Listening to the recordings conveys a little to me of the sense of fun and enthusiasm that this period in British "pop" music had. Musically tight and played with real conviction. The "1961" album was incidently recorded by George Martin, who three years later recorded a little guitar band from Liverpool called The Beatles. "The Temps" exsist today and still play the jazz cicuit.
I hope you like the additions and if you have any other requests that you would like to hear, please let me know and I'll do my best to fulfill your musical whims.
Sean.

Jimmy Mazzy and Eli Newberger

New this time to the playlist of Trad. Jazz Radio are the combination of Eli Newberger and Jimmy Mazzy. Both are fine musicians and provide some nice tunes and songs from the more obscure repertoire of the 1920's. The CD featured this month is called "Shake it down" and is on the Stomp Off label, (CD1109) although two more CDs are available, The Men they will become (Stomp Off CD1352) with Butch Thompson on piano and clarinet and Half Way to Heaven (Stomp Off 1319) with Joe Muranyi on clarinet and vocals. The two other CDs will be added to the TJR playlist in due course.
The CDs are of course very well produced, as are all of the Stomp Off productions and if you fancy something different, this is the one for you.