New Jazz Orchestra

CAMDEN '70 contitutes a roll-call of modern Britosh Jazz. Released fo the first time, this 1970 recording of a performance by Neil Ardley's New Jazz Orchestra during the Camden Jazz Festival in London measures the extraordinary capabilities of a talent pool the like of which was not to be seen again in a jazz orchestra.


FEATURING:

NIGEL CARTER, MIKE DAVIS, HENRY LOWTHER, HARRY BECKETT, trumpet
DEREK WADSWORTH, ROBIN GARDNER, MIKE GIBBS, trombone
DICK HART, tuba; DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH, tenor sax
DAVE GELLY, tenor sax, clarinet; JIMMY PHILIP, tenor sax
BARBARA THOMPSON, soprano sax; FRANK JELLET, vibes
DAVE GREENSLADE, organ; CLEM CLEMPSON, guitar
TONY REEVES, bass, JON HISEMAN, drums

Recorded at the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, London, May 26, 1070

TRACKS:

01. Stratusfunk
02. Tanglewood
03. Shades of Blue
04. Rope Ladder to the Moon
05. Dusk Fire
06. Naima
07. Nardis
08. Study
09. Rebirth
10. Ballad
11. Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe
12. National Anthem & Tango