26 October 2018

Harry Beckett - Warm Smiles & Themes For Fega - Vocalion 2006




Here is the reissue of those two classics records by Harry Beckett, That have been published by the British label Vocalion in 2006 but for a reason unknown to me, it have been totally deleted by the label and seems no more available. The reference even doesn’t appears no more on the Vocalion website.

Harry Beckett’s Warm Smiles
A1 Harambee
A2 Tender Is The Sky
A3 To Me, For Me
B1 Warm Smiles
B2 Tomorrow Morning Early

Harry Beckett: trumpet & flugelhorn
Chris Laurence: bass
Mike Osborne: alto saxophone
Frank Ricotti: vibraphone
John Taylor: piano
John Webb: drums

Recorded at Command Studios, London 1970

Thems For Fega

A1 Little One
A2 Spiral Feelings
A3 Chandeliers And Mirrors
A4 Cry Of Triumph
B1 I'm Easy
B2 Enchanted
B3 Everyone Is Me
B4 Farewell Fega

Harry Beckett: trumpet & flugelhorn
Chris Laurence: bass
Mike Osborne: alto saxophone
Frank Ricotti: vibraphone
ALAN SKIDMORE: tenor saxophone
John Taylor: piano
John Webb: drums

recorded at the ICA, London, Feb 4, 1972

Vocalion cd 2CDSML 8430

You can find a BBC session of Harry Beckett that have the same feeling, published some years ago by the label « My Only Desire Records »:
https://myonlydesirerecords.bandcamp.com/album/still-happy

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