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Three CD set celebrating an exciting, revolutionary time in British jazz when musical boundaries were stretched or ignored and new identities forged. With British jazz back in the news through genre stretching artists such as Ezra Collective and Shabaka Hutchings it's a perfect time to rediscover this influential period in British jazz history. Featuring celebrated jazz figures such as Dick Morrissey, Tubby Hayes, Don Rendell, Ian Carr, Joe Harriott and Graham Collier alongside bands such as Colosseum, Satisfaction and Keef Hartley Band that merged jazz and rock. This box set tells a story of British Jazz at a time of cultural change, a period of experimentation and transformation in music, from the swinging hard bop of The Dick Morrissey Quartet to the pioneering jazz rock fusion of Nucleus (featuring Ian Carr), If (who included Dick Morrissey) and Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. Key artists include The Dick Morrissey Quartet, The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet, The Joe Harriott Double Quintet, The John Dankworth Orchestra, The Graham Bond Organization, The Mike Westbrook Concert Band, The Tubby Hayes Quartet, The Graham Collier Sextet, John McLaughlin, Nucleus, Brian Auger, Jack Bruce, If and Julie Driscoll Album Tracks 1. The Dick Morrissey Quartet - Storm Warning 2. Davy Graham - Watermelon Man 3. The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet - Tan Samfu 4. The Joe Harriott Double Quintet Under the Direction of John Mayer - Overture 5. The John Dankworth Orchestra - Return from the Ashes (From the Film Return from the Ashes) 6. The Graham Bond Organization - Wade in the Water (Us B Side Version) 7. Georgie Fame - No Thanks 8. The Mike Taylor Trio - Two Autumns 9. The Mike Westbrook Concert Band - a Greeting 10. The Joe Harriott Quintet - Shepherd's Serenade 11. Michael Garrick Septet - Ursula 12. The Tubby Hayes Quartet - Dear Johnny B 13. Penta
