COMPOSERS: Ronnie Scott
LABELS: Columbia
ALBUM TITLE: Ronnie Scott & the Band
PERFORMER: Ronnie Scott (ts), Kenny Wheeler (t), Chris Pyne (tb), Ray Warleigh (as), Gordon Beck (p), Ronnie Mathewson (b), Kenny Clare, Tony Oxley (d)
CATALOGUE NO: 494439-2 ADD Reissue
Not simply great British jazz, but great jazz, period. An album that has accumulated legendary status among collectors since it first appeared in 1969, it captures the band Scott first assembled for the Jazz Expo 68 at Hammersmith in spellbinding form. Not to be missed. SN