Jazz In Britain

05/11/2024

Jez Nelson opened his show on Jazz FM on Sunday with a track from Progress by Gordon Beck's Gyroscope... listen here:

https://hellorayo.co.uk/jazz-fm/shows/jez-nelson/id-232679860/play/

02/11/2024

An image of Ray Russell and Alan Rushton in a jazz club over 50 years ago in the Number One spot on all jazz genres, all formats in the Bandcamp chart this morning... launched just yesterday... get it here: https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/the-complete-spontaneous-event-live-1967-1969

01/11/2024

Only offered on pre-order at 08.30 today (UK time) and just 6 hours later it's already the best-selling CD on the Bandcamp jazz chart...

Get it here: https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/the-complete-spontaneous-event-live-1967-1969

01/11/2024

REISSUED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND... . AND IN AN EXPANDED VERSION… Jazz In Britain released just six tracks from Ray Russell’s ground-breaking 1967-69 quartet on a very limited edition vinyl-only album ‘Spontaneous Event’ by Jazz In Britain in 2020. That was our very first vinyl album and it sold out very quickly… received great reviews and pretty high prices are now being asked for second-hand copies… that’s if you can find one!

We are regularly asked if we plan to re-press that album, or release it on CD... so, we’ve done the latter… in response to those requests… we have released ALL the music we have from Ray’s 67-69 quartet on CD… as THE COMPLETE SPONTANEOUS EVENT.

It's a limited edition double compact disc, in an 8 panel digisleeve, with a 24 page booklet. It includes ALL the tracks on ALL five sessions Ray’s Quartet recorded ‘live’ for Jazz Club between 1967 and 1969. Those sessions included compositions from Ray’s first two albums he made as leader for CBS – Turn Circle and Dragon Hill – and two of the sessions feature a pre-Miles Dave Holland… some of his earliest recordings!

It's also available as a download.

Some comments people made about the original release:

“Wow, check out Ray just tearing it up on guitar. And 1967-69 is pre jazz fusion era. This music was ahead of its time ... and still great.”

“Like falling through a portal into a different time and place, with a whirlwind of wild experimentation brushing past you at full speed. A great one for deep listening that makes far more than the sum of its virtuosic parts.”

Pre-order your copy here:

20 track album

31/10/2024

In depth interview with Veryan Weston in the Morning Star about the Eternal Triangle 'Gravity' album...

CHRIS SEARLE interviews veteran pianist VERYAN WESTON

22/10/2024

Just found this in the Oxford online dictionary:

eclectic
/ɪˈklɛktɪk/
adjective
deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
"Jazz In Britain offers an eclectic mix of album releases"

Pete Woodman and John Thurlow had a meeting this morning, after stuffing copies of the album we released yesterday - Progress by Gordon Beck’s Gyroscope - into envelopes, and decided that we will spend the remainder of 2024 doing this… probably...

21/10/2024

Thank you everybody... you've got Progress by Gordon Beck's Gyroscope to the Number 1 spot on the Bandcamp best-selling jazz CD chart on the day of its release...

Get it here if you haven't already: https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/progress

21/10/2024

Four star review of Bobby Wellins' 'Homage To Caledonia' in the new Jazzwise from the pen of Chris Welch.

"... the most dynamic must surely be one taped by drummer Spike Wells during a Wellins Sextet tour in 1979. This unmissable CD includes a 16-page booklet in which Spike describes the fun on the road when Lol Coxhill and Bryan Spring joined the original Wellins quartet."

Read the full review here:

These live recordings serve as homage to...

21/10/2024

Always the same frisson of excitement when an album ‘lands’… even though it’s about our fortieth release…

And this one’s arrived over a month earlier than scheduled… so we’ll release it today… which means all the pre-orders will be sent out tomorrow; in fact the international pre-orders are already on their way… so watch out for the postperson…

And if you haven’t already ordered your copy, then we suggest you do that here: https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/progress

18/10/2024

Bobby Wellins Sextet "What Is The Truth?" from Homage to Caledonia included in Bob Osborne's 'World of Jazz' playlist this week:

Scheinman, Gray, Hargrove, Wellins & More article by Bob Osborne, published on October 17, 2024 at All About Jazz. Find more Radio & Podcasts articles

13/10/2024

Russell's Review in this month's The Beat magazine...

Subscribe here: https://www.beat-magazine.co.uk/

12/10/2024

"Those who see jazz, or indeed any music, as little more than entertainment, will find much to annoy in these pages. Those with more open minds will find convincing arguments—from the artists as much as from the author—that jazz is one of the most potent expressions of creative energy on the planet and, to boot, the sound of freedom... "

Read Duncan Heining's review of 'Talking The Groove' published today at All About Jazz::

Talking the Groove: Jazz Words from the Morning Star article by Duncan Heining, published on October 12, 2024 at All About Jazz. Find more Book Review articles

11/10/2024

Highly recommended by Jazz In Britain. Don't delay grabbing this 3 x CD box set at this bargain bin price!

Turtle Records is proud to present these excellent performances, now transferred and collated, which capture the group playing a variety of some well-known compositions plus a large number of Gordon Beck originals, which are surely a must for any serious modern jazz fan.

10/10/2024

Nick Lea writing about 'Homage To Caledonia' in Jazz Views today:

With his distinctive and unique sound on the tenor saxophone, and the wonderful poise and lyricism of his solos there was no one else like him. Jazz in Britain JIB-67-S-CD Bobby Wellins (tenor saxophone); Pete Jacobsen (piano, electric piano); Adrian Kendon (double bass|); Spike Wells (drums); Lol C...

08/10/2024

Help us clear space in the warehouse in preparation for four new Jazz In Britain albums scheduled for release in the next few months... PLUS another Don Rendell - Ian Carr release shortly after that!

Get our 'Blue Beginnings' single CD release, including the Rendell-Carr Quintet's earliest radio sessions, AND our 'Warm Up' double CD release, containing a complete Rendell-Carr live performance from 1965, for just £10 plus postage. That's half the current price! Just 50 of these bundles are available.

If you've already got one, or both of these albums, why not gift them to a friend!

International orders will be shipped from our warehouse in Poland which means that there will be no import charges or taxes for customers located within the EU single market.

UK orders will ship within the UK.

Bargain bin sale... get both our Rendell-Carr CD releases for just £10... and one's a double CD! from Jazz In Britain

26/09/2024

Getting close... Pete Woodman's designed the front cover, James Gault's working on the back cover, I've done the audio and all the necessary admin and approvals & Pete's now working on the digisleeve and the booklet... great teamwork from the Jazz In Britain team...

And, please note... this is being released in response 'to popular demand'... and a number of specific requests... a 'complete' 2 x CD reissue of the very limited edition vinyl album that sold out very quickly in 2000.

24/09/2024

Getting close now... Jazz In Britain's audio wiz Dr Malcolm Wilson... who John Thurlow first met on a BBC Engineering training course in 1978... has now gone through in the region of 40 reel and cassette tapes from Ron Mathewson's, Geoff Castle's and Dick Crouch's archives (so around 20 hours of music)... and has produced three CD's worth of the best tracks... so nearly 2 hours worth. John has written the booklet notes and we'll now turn to the design of the album cover.

Ladies and gentlemen... prepare yourselves for the best Xmas present ever... PAZ: VARIATION & CREATION...

20/09/2024

Collage created by Pete Woodman for the background on our Bandcamp page... all these British jazz legends (plus one) have recently featured, or will shortly feature, on Jazz In Britain album releases...

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/

18/09/2024

To all British Jazz followers, fans, admirers, researchers, lovers (hey - steady on), aficionados, confreres... please note that there are only 30 copies left of this necessary tome... and they're all on Amazon:

‘This utterly engrossing feast focuses on the ‘golden period’ of British jazz, when boundary-breaking and experimentation first broke through. Featuring large sleeve reproductions (both front and back), period reviews, historical overviews and vintage music press adverts, Labyrinth finally put...

18/09/2024

https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2024/09/kevin-figes-interview-new-album-you-are-here.html

Kevin Figes’ latest project, ‘You Are Here,’ marks a significant milestone as it debuts on Jazz In Britain’s new imprint label, Jazz Now, capturing the essence of modern British jazz with a heartfelt tribute. The album showcases Figes’ innovative arrangements of five seminal pieces by the ...

17/09/2024

A track from our Kevin Figes album 'You Are Here' is featured in the latest episode of the Bandcamp Weekly show - here is a direct link to this week's show:

New music from Brazil to the South China Sea, plus Dave Guy dips into his NY upbringing and Photay is inspired by nature.

17/09/2024

Dear Jazz In Britain and Jazz Now followers, you may have noticed that our Jazz Now social media presence has disappeared. We closed it down as we were finding it too awkward to maintain and we think it was confusing people. News and updates about Jazz Now album releases will appear on the Jazz In Britain feeds from now on.

14/09/2024

Always good to wake up to find two of our CDs in the Bandcamp top-selling modern jazz chart... that's the Gordon Beck Gyroscope album we launched yesterday... and the Bobby Wellins 'Homage To Caledonia' album we released yesterday. Thank you everyone.

And... if you haven't ordered them yet:

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/progress

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/homage-to-caledonia

13/09/2024

In an unusual step for Jazz In Britain… we’re releasing an album (Bobby Wellins’ Homage To Caledonia) AND offering pre-orders for our next album release… on the same day. So, at the slight risk of blowing your minds… we announce…

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW... GORDON BECK’S GYROSCOPE: PROGRESS
RELEASE DATE: 29 NOVEMBER 2024

On download, streaming and CD for the first time ever, the only Gyroscope album ‘One, Two, Three… Go!’ ever released (and that was only on tape cassette), expanded with live and studio recordings from the archives, plus a wealth of first-hand information about the band and many previously unseen images. Produced with the support of Gordon Beck’s sister Jude and the band members or their families.

The CD version is a limited edition triple compact disc album, in an 8 panel digisleeve, including a 24 page booklet compiling interviews, live reviews and commentary on the band’s history plus photos and memorabilia from Gordon Beck’s personal archives. Compiled from studio, live and rehearsal session recordings, made in 1973 and 1974, from the tape archives of Ron Mathewson and Gordon, the album provides a chronological audio history of Gyroscope’s ‘Progress’.

Pre-order this mind-blowing album here:

17 track album

13/09/2024

Released today… The Bobby Wellins Sextet: ‘Homage To Caledonia’ including the first full, small group, version of Bobby’s ‘Culloden Moore Suite’.

All pre-orders have been despatched, download links sent and all subscribers will now have it in their Bandcamp collections.

Goes without saying… but we’ll say it anyway… if you haven’t bought a copy yet – physical CD or download – then get it here:

9 track album