A New Awakening: Adventures In British Jazz 1966-1971 - 3 CD Box Set

2025

Three CD set celebrating an exciting, revolutionary time in British jazz when musical boundaries were stretched or ignored and new identities forged. With British jazz back in the news through genre stretching artists such as Ezra Collective and Shabaka Hutchings it's a perfect time to rediscover this influential period in British jazz history. Featuring celebrated jazz figures such as Dick Morrissey, Tubby Hayes, Don Rendell, Ian Carr, Joe Harriott and Graham Collier alongside bands such as Colosseum, Satisfaction and Keef Hartley Band that merged jazz and rock. This box set tells a story of British Jazz at a time of cultural change, a period of experimentation and transformation in music, from the swinging hard bop of The Dick Morrissey Quartet to the pioneering jazz rock fusion of Nucleus (featuring Ian Carr), If (who included Dick Morrissey) and Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. Key artists include The Dick Morrissey Quartet, The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet, The Joe Harriott Double Quintet, The John Dankworth Orchestra, The Graham Bond Organization, The Mike Westbrook Concert Band, The Tubby Hayes Quartet, The Graham Collier Sextet, John McLaughlin, Nucleus, Brian Auger, Jack Bruce, If and Julie Driscoll.

    Tracks

    - Disc 1 -
    1 The Dick Morrissey Quartet - Storm Warning
    2 Davy Graham - Watermelon Man
    3 The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet - Tan Samfu
    4 The Joe Harriott Double Quintet Under the Direction of John Mayer - Overture
    5 The John Dankworth Orchestra - Return from the Ashes (From the Film Return from the Ashes)
    6 The Graham Bond Organization - Wade in the Water (Us B Side Version)
    7 Georgie Fame - No Thanks
    8 The Mike Taylor Trio - Two Autumns
    9 The Mike Westbrook Concert Band - a Greeting
    10 The Joe Harriott Quintet - Shepherd's Serenade
    11 Michael Garrick Septet - Ursula
    12 The Tubby Hayes Quartet - Dear Johnny B
    13 Pentangle - in Time
    14 Harold McNair - the Hipster
    15 Jethro Tull - One for John Gee
    16 Spooky Tooth - Luger's Groove

    - Disc 2 -
    1 The John Cameron Quartet - Troublemaker
    2 The Graham Collier Sextet - Down Another Road
    3 John McLaughlin - Binky's Beam
    4 The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet - One Green Eye
    5 The New Jazz Orchestra - Angle
    6 Ken Wheeler and the John Dankworth Orchestra - Sweet Dulcinea Blue
    7 Michael Gibbs - Some Echoes, Some Shadows (For John Dankworth)
    8 Wynder K. Frog - Harpsicord Shuffle
    9 Jasper - the Beard
    10 Manfred Mann Chapter Three - Where Am I Going
    11 Colosseum - Those About to Die
    12 Keef Hartley Band - Premonition
    13 Nucleus - Elastic Rock

    - Disc 3 -
    1 Brian Auger & the Trinity - Maiden Voyage
    2 Affinity - a Day in the Life (Live at Ronnie Scott's, 1969) 16 the Johnny Almond Music Machine - Voodoo Forest
    3 Jack Bruce with John McLaughlin, Dick Heckstall- Smith, Jon Hiseman - Over the Cliff
    4 Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Dragon Song
    5 The Ray Russell Quartet - Can I Have My Paperback Back (Live at the Playhouse Theatre, 1969)
    6 If - What Did I Say About the Box, Jack?
    7 Chris Spedding - the Forest of Fables
    8 The Trio (Featuring John Surman) - Joachim
    9 Satisfaction - Sharing
    10 Julie Driscoll - a New Awakening
    11 Bob Downes Open Music - Keep Off the Grass
    12 Trifle - Is It Loud?
    13 Garrick's Fairground with Norma Winstone - Epiphany
    14 Nucleus - Song for the Bearded Lady
    15 John McLaughlin, John Surman, Karl Berger, Stu Martin, Dave Holland - Earth Bound Hearts
    16 If - Seldom Seen Sam
    17 John Taylor - and Think Again
    18 Mike Osborne - So It Is (Edit)