Time: 72:26+78:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front
CD 1:
01. Monty Sunshine Quartet - Wild Cat Blues (2:21)
02. Ken Colyer's Jazzmen - Slow Drag Blues (2:52)
03. Monty Sunshine Trio - Blue Blood Blues (1:44)
04. Chris Barber's Jazz Band - That Eccentric Rag (3:00)
05. Monty Sunshine Quartet - St Philip Street Breakdown (2:53)
06. The Wheeler-Sunshine Band - Careless Love (5:12)
07. The Wheeler-Sunshine Band - Old Stackolee (4:11)
08. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Original Tuxedo Rag (2:15)
09. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Saturday Night Function (3:10)
10. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - South (2:02)
11. Monty Sunshine Quartet - Jacquline (3:28)
12. Monty Sunshine Quartet - The Sunshine Of Your Blues (3:13)
13. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Gimme A Pigfoot & A Bottle Of Beer (2:13)
14. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Sobbin' & Cryin' (3:06)
15. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Creole Love Call (2:58)
16. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - 1919 March (2:35)
17. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Coney Island Washboard (2:22)
18. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Sunstroke (2:45)
19. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Down Home Rag (3:16)
20. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Young Woman Blues (3:04)
21. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Cakewalkin' Babies From You (2:34)
22. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - I Keep Calling Your Name (3:04)
23. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Saratoga Shout (2:52)
24. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Seven Of Hearts (2:34)
25. Monty Sunshine Quartet - Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet (2:32)
CD 2:
01. Monty Sunshine & His Band - In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (2:39)
02. Monty Sunshine & His Band - Monty's Blues (3:46)
03. Monty Sunshine & His Band - Gonna Build A Mountain (2:15)
04. Monty Sunshine & His Band - Hushabye (3:17)
05. Monty Sunshine & His Band - Spain (3:07)
06. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Ole Miss Rag (5:02)
07. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - I Want A Big Butter & Egg Man (9:03)
08. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Up A Lazy River (8:24)
09. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Muskrat Ramble (5:43)
10. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - At The Jazz Band Ball (5:20)
11. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Squeeze Me (6:25)
12. Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band - Riverboat Shuffle (9:22)
13. Chris Barber's Jazz & Blues Band - Too Busy (5:59)
14. Chris Barber's Jazz & Blues Band - Goin' Home (7:46)
Clarinettist Monty Sunshine was one of the key figures in British Jazz. He was part of the legendary and pioneering Crane river Jazz Band in the late 1940s. Along with Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan he joined with Ken Colyer to form Ken Colyer's Jazzmen and when the rest of the band parted company with Colyer he was in the first Chris Barber band. Barber's meteoric rise to fame coupled with the burgeoning popularity of Trad Jazz put him at the forefront of that movement. The Barber band reigned supreme throughout the 1950s and Monty Sunshine firmly established himself and secured his place in UK Jazz history when the clarinet led Petite Fleur became a hit record for the Barber band. This paved the way for a series of clarinet hit records and the rise of Acker Bilk. Monty left the Barber band in 1960 to form his own band in 1960. This band continued until Monty suffered a heart attack in 2003. His band was particularly popular on the Continent. Petite Fleur has never been unavailable and continues to be reissued year after year. This double-for-the-price-of-one compilation contains many rare and previously unissued tracks and serves as useful over view of Monty Sunshine's career.
Remembering Monty Sunshine CD 1
Remembering Monty Sunshine CD 2