The Gentleman of Jazz
Honeysuckle Rose
I Ain’t Got Nobody
Mighty Like The Blues
Jazz Me Blues
Don’t Try Your Jive On Me
Mozel Tov
If You Were The Only Girl In The World
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Stooge Blues
The Flat Foot Floogie
Let’s Go
Archer Street Drag
Rosetta
You’ll Always Be Mine
Penalty Five Pounds
No Smoking
At The Jazz Band Ball
The Darktown Strutters’ Ball
Jersey Bounce
Blue Lou
Cherokee
Stompin’ At The Savoy
Poor Butterfly
Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider
All Is Not Gold That Jitters
Broadhurst Garden Blues
Little Earle
My Blue Heaven
That’s The Beginning Of The End
Symphony In Riffs
Lazy River
Blues For Twos
Just You, Just Me
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
Sonny Boy
Georgetta
I May Be Wrong
When Your Lover Has Gone
A Smo-o-oth One
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Love Me Or Leave Me
How’s This?
Mood Indigo
That’s A Plenty
My Mother’s Eyes
Big Butter And Egg Man
Lazy (With Michael Holliday)
What More Can I Say?

George Chisholm

One month after saluting the artistry of Wilbur De Paris (Hot Mustard, RTS 4259), Retrospective presents another superb jazz release, this time celebrating the centenary of another great jazz trombonist – Britain’s finest ever – George Chisholm (1914-1997), the “Gentleman of Jazz”. Many remember him primarily as a TV entertainer on such as The Black & White Minstrel Show, yet Europe has produced few jazz masters to rival him. Disc one (1937-1944) of our 2CD survey presents George from his very first studio session as a trombonist (with Gerry Moore in 1937), through his notable early dates with such as Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller, and Danny Polo’s Swing Stars. Alongside his own 1938 Jive Five and 1944 Jive Eight recordings are some of the best from the many years he spent with the famous RAF band, The Squadronaires, plus a trio of surprisingly hot examples of Victor Silvester’s Jive Band. Disc two (1947-1962) shows how his style shifted in the 50s towards mainstream jazz, with eight fine numbers from his own 1956 group, as well as examples of his playing with Kenny Baker, Kenny Graham and others. But he never forsook ‘Trad’, and the disc also contains some delightful tracks with singers Denny Dennis, Michael Holliday and Clinton Ford. Throughout his life, George Chisholm brought happiness wherever he went; happily we can still enjoy it.