The Danny Moss/Roy Williams Quintet
STEAMERS!
Nagel-Hayer CD
048
AmazonUS
$15.99
The Danny Moss Quartet
WEAVER OF
DREAMS
Nagel-Hayer CD
017
AmazonUK
£11.99
AmazonUS
$15.99
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Steamers!
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Just In Time
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It's Allright with Me
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Them There Eyes
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Too Late Now
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It's A Wonderful World
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Li'l Darlin'
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You're My Everything
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Isn't It Romantic
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There is No Greater Love
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Mood Indigo
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Hiya
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Blues to Be There
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I've Found a New Baby
Danny Moss - Tenor Sax
Roy Williams - Trombone
John Pearce - Piano
Len Skeat - Bass
Charlie Antolini - Drums
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Weaver of Dreams
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9-20 Special
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This Heart of Mine
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Then I'll be Tired of You
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Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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A Gal in Calico
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In A Mellow Tone
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My Romance
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Fine and Dandy
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Weaver of Dreams
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I'm Glad there is You
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Poor Butterfly
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There's No You
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Blue Lou
Danny Moss - Tenor Sax
Brian Lemon - Piano
Len Skeat - Bass
Butch Miles - Drums
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Weaver of Dreams was recorded in 1994/5 and Steamers in 1998, apart from
the leader; the only other musician on both sessions was excellent Bass player
Len Skeat.
Danny Moss has done just about everything that can be done in the jazz world.
He was star soloist with the Big Bands of both Ted Heath and Johnny Dankworth;
he often guested with the fabulous Chicago style band of Alex Welsh and a
two-year stint with the Humphrey Lyttleton band followed. After that he started
to tour with his own band often in the company of his wife vocalist Jeannie
Lamb. As well as in the UK, he rapidly became a festival regular throughout
Europe, USA, Canada and the Far East and after his third visit to Oz, he
decided to make it his home, he now lives in Perth.
Danny is immediately distinguishable in any company, to my mind he makes
the kind of sound the Tenor Saxophone should do, a full sound somewhat similar
to Ben Webster at his best. He never fails to swing at any tempo and his
exquisite breathy sound makes him an ideal ballad player. His partner on
Steamers is the equally talented Roy Williams on trombone, when you see Roy
on a live appearance, you would think that playing the Trombone was the easiest
thing in the world to do. They are both World-Class jazz musicians, products
of the British jazz scene that we can justly be proud of. Danny chose the
rhythm sections to suit the kind of music he plays and both of them do it
well, marginally I would give my vote to the Pearce/Antolini combination,
but there is not much in it.
Roy and Danny combine excellently in the ensemble work and all though the
instrumentation is different, the concept of the Mulligan/Brookmeyer band
is there, and the interplay between the horns is always interesting. Roy
plays a fine solo on Isn't It Romantic.
On Weaver of Dreams, the opener is the Basie favourite 9-20 Special; it sounds
just as good in the Quartet version. It was good to hear This Heart of Mine
again, it is a great tune that deserves to be heard more often. Blue Lou
is a tune I had completely forgotten, which has now been put into the DM
Quartet library!
Nagel-Hayer made these recordings both of which were made in Germany possible,
they are to be congratulated on both of them.
Don Mather
Don Mather is a Saxophone Player and Bandleader in Coventry UK
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