Archie Semple - The Clarinet Of Archie Semple

Styles: Clarinet Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:18
Size: 157,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:03)  1. Good Goody
(3:13)  2. After Last Night With You
(2:54)  3. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
(2:19)  4. I Want To Be Happy
(3:09)  5. 77 Blues
(3:37)  6. Solitude
(3:19)  7. Home
(2:37)  8. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
(4:37)  9. Ammonia Blues
(3:09) 10. No Regrets
(2:32) 11. Sweet & Lovely
(4:06) 12. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
(3:06) 13. Ole Miss
(3:18) 14. Sugar Babe
(3:26) 15. Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen
(4:15) 16. I Cover The Waterfront
(2:25) 17. The Needle
(3:41) 18. I'm In The Market For You
(2:45) 19. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
(2:47) 20. Home
(3:51) 21. Ammonia Blues

Cult British Jazz musician featured on a set of rare recordings. Archie Semple had all the ingredients to become a cult figure of British Jazz: a highly inventive and distinctive player, played in some legendary bands, was plagued by ill health, retired from playing aged 36 and died nine years later. He emerged onto the Edinburgh Jazz scene in the late 1940s and, like a number of his contemporaries, notably Sandy Brown, Alex Welsh and Al Fairweather, he travelled south to join the burgeoning London Jazz scene. He joined the now legendary bands of Mick Mulligan and Freddie Randall before joining the band formed by Alex Welsh in 1955. He would remain with Welsh until 1963 and stop playing a year later .The influences of Jazz legends Edmond Hall and Pee Wee Russell can be detected in his playing, but he developed his own unique style which made him instantly recognisable. He made few recordings under his own name and this set comes mainly from the archives of  the 77 Records label and includes some previously unissued material. One of the UK's best Jazz pianists, Fred Hunt is on most of the tracks and a few feature, trumpeter, Dickie Hawdon, who would go on to be Head Of Light Music at the City of Leeds College Of Music, and who is another Jazz musician seriously underrepresented on disc. These recordings never enjoyed wide circulation which, again, helped Archie Semple's cult status. http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Clarinet-Of-Archie-Semple/dp/B0046BTZWS

Personnel:  Archie Semple – Clarinet;  Fred Hunt – Piano;  Dickie Hawdon – Trumpet.

The Clarinet Of Archie Semple

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Archie Semple - Hard Candy

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:05
Size: 178.8 MB
Styles: Clarinet jazz
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:23] 1. Deep Sleep
[3:03] 2. Summer Is Coming In
[2:14] 3. Queen Bess
[2:59] 4. Lady Sings The Blues
[3:49] 5. Up Jumped You With Love
[3:25] 6. Buddy's Habits
[3:34] 7. Back In Your Own Backyard
[3:26] 8. Kansas City Stomps
[5:09] 9. Night People
[2:41] 10. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
[4:01] 11. I'm Coming Virginia
[4:55] 12. What'll I Do
[3:19] 13. Sugar Babe
[2:39] 14. My Foolish Heart
[3:29] 15. Side Walk Blues
[3:06] 16. She's Funny That Way
[3:36] 17. Just Another Day
[3:24] 18. Ostrich Walk
[5:04] 19. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
[3:48] 20. After My Laughter Came Tears
[2:52] 21. King Porter Stomp
[2:59] 22. Lullaby Of The Leaves

b. Archibald Stuart Nisbet Semple, 1 March 1928, Edinburgh, Scotland, d. 26 January 1974. After first playing clarinet in bands in his homeland, Semple moved to London in the early 50s. There he became an important voice in the burgeoning traditional jazz scene, playing with the bands of Mick Mulligan, Freddy Randall and Alex Welsh, with whom he remained until the early 60s. During that decade he played with various bands, led his own small groups and made many records, despite the fast-encroaching effects of a severe drinking problem. A very distinctive player with a rich and quirky musical imagination, Semple was one of the most strikingly individualistic musicians to emerge from the sometimes predictable British trad scene. His presence in the already formidable Welsh band helped to create much memorable music. ~bio by AMG

Hard Candy

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