JAZZ CHART 78 FEATURING THE LATE GREAT JOHNNY DAMKWORTH  ON THE UK PARLOPHONE LABEL

EXPERIMENTS WITH MICE

b/w APPLECAKE

 

 

Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, (20 September 1927 – 6 February 2010), known in his early career as Johnny Dankworth, was an composer, and . He was the husband of jazz singer , who survives him; they married in 1958.

Born in , , he grew up, within a family of musicians, in , a suburb of in the of and attended in Walthamstow. He had and lessons before settling eventually on the at the age of 16, after hearing a record of the Quartet. Soon afterwards, inspired by , he learned to play the .

After studying at London’s (where his jazz interests were frowned upon) and then national service in the army, he began a career on the British scene. In 1949 he attended the Paris Jazz Festival and played with . Parker's comments about Dankworth led to the engagement of the young British jazzman for a short tour of with the soprano-saxophonist . Dankworth was voted Musician of the Year in 1949.

In 1950, Dankworth formed a small group, the Dankworth Seven, as a vehicle for his writing activities as well as a showcase for several young jazz players, including himself (alto sax), (trumpet), (trombone), (tenor sax), (piano), (bass) and (drums). After three successful years, the group was wound up, although it re-formed for several reunions over the years.

Dankworth formed his big band in 1953. The band was soon earning plaudits from the critics and was invited to the 1959 . The critic said of this appearance "... Mr. Dankworth’s group ... showed the underlying merit that made big bands successful many years ago – the swinging drive, the harmonic colour and the support in depth for soloists that is possible when a disciplined, imaginatively directed band has worked together for a long time. This English group has a flowing, unforced, rhythmic drive that has virtually disappeared from American bands." The band performed at the jazz club in and shortly afterwards shared the stage with the Orchestra for a number of concerts. Dankworth’s band also performed at a jazz event at New York’s Lewisohn stadium where joined them for a set. By now, 's singing was a regular feature of Dankworth's recordings and public appearances and they married in 1958.

Beginning that year, Dankworth started a second career as a popular composer of film and television scores (often credited as "Johnny Dankworth"). Among his best-known credits are the original themes for two famous programmes, (used from 1961 to 1964) and . He also wrote the scores for the 1965 film and the 1966 films and .

 

Experiments with Mice was released as a 78 rpm in 1956

It is a tongue in cheek " history of Jazz" with narration by Dankworth, and the band plays a chorus of the nursery rhyme in the different styles, and imitate different bands.. Goodman, Kenton etc

The record entered the UK charts 22 June 1956 reaching No 7 and staying in the charts for 12 weeks.

His only other UK chart hit was in 1961 with African Waltz

 

DISC DETAILS

UK Parlophone R 4185   10" SHELLAC 78rpm 

CONDITION - Ex/Ex+    

 

A really excellent copy of this Johnny Dankworth chart hit on an original UK Parlophone 78

 

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