Apr 18, 2010

The Alan Skidmore Quintet - Once Upon a Time

barabara sounds sez:
Alan Skidmore is not so much underrated as way off the radar for most people. That's too bad because he made some great albums over the years — both as a leader and a sideman — especially this one on Deram Nova from 1970. He's got a great group of freewheeling cohorts with him, especially Kenny Wheeler on flugelhorn. And it's definitely got the feel of that era — the late 60s, the UK jazz scene — when the boundaries between blues and rock and jazz were more fluid.
Dusty calls it... a real treasure, a spiralling, soaring work, comparable with the best Michael Garrick sessions of the late 60s. Over at Barabara Grange we call it a kind of a classic.

more on Alan Skidmore at Wiki...
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 18, 2010 at 11:41 PM

    talk is cheap — comments are free...
    let's hear from you then!

    http://www.mediafire.com/?ylhymmnzxmy

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  2. ArkadinApril 19, 2010 at 7:01 PM

    Funny, I was just listening to this one, when I saw it posted on your blog. Great stuff indeed!
    (Btw check your mail, it's no spam ;))

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  3. taro nombeiApril 19, 2010 at 8:07 PM

    @ Arkadin

    Cheers mate!

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  4. the jazzstronautApril 20, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    This is my first Alan Skidmore and really pleasantly surprised. I'll be looking out for some of his CDs from now on.

    Many thanks.

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  5. AnonymousApril 21, 2010 at 3:40 AM

    Wonderful. I bought my mono-Deram red point- copy some forty years ago and have it still in my collection. Never heard it in stereo before. I do not even know that the album was given a cd release. Thanks a lot for your appreciated work and this post.

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  6. taro nombeiApril 21, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    @ anon
    If that's in reasonable condition, it's probably worth a fair mint — it would be over here, anyway!

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  7. boogiemanApril 25, 2010 at 7:41 PM

    Thanks, I knew Alan Skidmore for his session work on numerous British Blues albums, then as a member of SOS wike Mike Osborne and John Surman. I knew about this album but never got a chance to hear it. If I like it, I guess I'll buy it.
    Cheers

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  8. taro nombeiApril 25, 2010 at 10:51 PM

    @ boogieman

    I hope you can track down a copy of the reissue CD at a reasonable price — I think it only came out in a Japanese limited edition.
    Thanks for dropping by — and cheers indeed!

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  9. Simon666May 2, 2010 at 10:42 AM

    Hi TN, lovely stuff, many thanks :)

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  10. taro nombeiMay 2, 2010 at 12:25 PM

    @ Simon

    cheers!

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  11. tommythomasoMay 9, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    Thanx, Barbara, for the Skidmore treat. Oh Lord, help me stay away from the obvious puns on Alan's last name. I hope I can find a cut or two to share with Moab's slim jazz audience.

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  12. AnonymousJune 2, 2010 at 9:12 AM

    I, also, know Alan Skidmore as a side-man on many albums from the late 60's-70's. I have never come across this album before; looking forward to hearing it. Many thanks for the posting, TARO.

    -Brian

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    thanks for sharing - this sounds intriguing!

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  14. taro nombeiFebruary 6, 2011 at 11:17 PM

    @ Brian, @ anon
    youre very welcome.

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  15. RezaJanuary 26, 2012 at 7:53 PM

    Having bit of a clearout which will incl this if anyone out there is interested ?
    Deram orig lp

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  16. Troy WheelerApril 27, 2014 at 2:23 AM

    Would you mind reposting this one.

    Thanks

    T

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  17. taro nombeiApril 28, 2014 at 8:59 AM

    @ Troy Wheeler

    Thanks for dropping by. Always happy to know people are still looking through the archives here.

    I'll try to get this re-upped soon — as soon as I can lay my hands on the album and find the time, that is.

    Stay tuned…

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