West Jesmond Rhythm Kings

WEST JESMOND RHYTHM KINGS CD’s: £11 each, postpaid. Click on the cover of each CD to hear samples from it. These are compressed lower quality monophonic versions, not the full quality versions you will find on the CDs. A window will pop up with a choice of two samples in MP3 format. All the CDs may now be ordered and paid for using Paypal. To place an order, please email mikedurham_jazz@hotmail.com, listing the CDs you would like to order. You will then receive a confirmation email detailing the total cost including postage and packing. Please make payment using the above email address.

“MEDICINE MEN FOR THE BLUES” : SPATS & HIS RHYTHM BOYS, Volume 3 (WVR Records WVR 004) Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On; Achin’ Hearted Blues; Out Where The Blues Begin; Something To Remember You By; That’s A-Plenty; I’m Walking On Air; Sweet Mama, Papa’s Gettin’ Mad; Futuristic Rhythm; I Wished On The Moon; I’m The Medicine Man For The Blues; I Want To Be Alone With Mary Brown; Zulu Wail; Dardanella; You’ve Been Taking Lessons In Love; I’m A Bear In A Lady’s Boudoir; Yes, Yes, My Honey Said Yes, Yes; Hello Montreal; Search Light Rag Mike Durham, trumpet & vocal; Norman Field, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto, C-Melody & tenor saxophone; Paul Munnery, trombone; Keith Nichols, piano & vocal; Spats Langham, vocal, guitar, tenor guitar, banjo & ukulele; Frans Sjöström, bass sax, effects; John Carstairs Hallam, double bass and tuba; Pete Soulsby, percussion. Recorded at the Jesmond Cornetarium on June 7th, 2007.

WJRK Play "The Good Old Good Ones" (WJRK 004, April 1995) Hiawatha Rag; Milneburg Joys; Savoy Blues; Everybody Loves My Baby; Bugle Boy March Chimes Blues; Whistling Rufus; Ice Cream; Beale Street Blues; Willie The Weeper; The Curse Of An Aching Heart; All The Girls Go Crazy ’Bout The Way I Walk; High Society March; It’s Tight Like That; Tishomingo Blues; Magnolia’s Wedding Day; Till We Meet Again; When The Saints Go Marching In. Mike Durham, trumpet; Derek Fleck, clarinet & saxes; Bob King, trombone; Brian Chester, piano; Keith Stephen, banjo; John C Hallam, string bass & tuba; Jimmy Stewart, percussion & vocal. An unusual one for the WJRK, with the standard “trad” repertoire, string bass on most tracks and Jimmy Stewart singing! A nice free-blowing session, in excellent studio sound…

“CHASING SHADOWS”: SPATS & HIS RHYTHM BOYS, Volume 4 (WVR Records WVR 005) Crazy Words, Crazy Tune; Chasing Shadows; I’m In The Seventh Heaven; Can’t We Be Friends; Hang Onto Me; Me And The Moon; Accordion Joe; Someday Sweetheart; Brown Bottle Blues; What Do I Care What Somebody Said; Halfway To Heaven; Smilin’ Sam; Oh, It Looks Like Rain; Hiawatha’s Lullaby; You Do The Darndest Things, Baby; Swing Bridge Stomp. Personnel as above except Nick Ward, drums; and special guest Mike Piggott, violin. Recorded at Trumpet Towers (Studio One), Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne on November 13th, 2008.

Stay Out Of The South (WJRK 001, 1988 -1989) Stay Out Of The South: Drop That Sack: Digga Digga Doo: Jackass Blues: Rhythm King: Sunset Café Stomp: At A Georgia Camp Meeting: I’ve Got Everything But You: Ory’s Creole Trombone: Alcoholic Blues: Willie The Weeper: Just Wait ’Til You See My Baby Do The Charleston Dance: Buddy’s Habit: Whip Me With Plenty Of Love: East Coast Trot: Mountain Top Blues: I May Be Wrong: The Peach Rag: Harvey: Wake Up Chillun, Wake Up

W.J.R.K. Live At Bude Jazz Festival (WJRK 002, 1990) At A Georgia Camp Meeting: Too Busy: Smiles: Kentucky Days: Whistling Rufus: C. C. Rider Blues: The Love Nest: Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me: Dusky Stevedore: Baby Brown: Davenport Blues: I’m Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind: Roses Of Picardy: Alcoholic Blues: Whip Me With Plenty Of Love: Dans Les Rues d’Antibes

Way Up North (WJRK 003, 1990 -1992) Way Up North: Where Did You Stay Last Night: I Need Loving: Chattanooga Stomp: I Wish’t I Was In Peoria: Bohemia Rag: Stack O’Lee Blues: Birmingham Bertha: Whos’it: Please Don’t Turn Me Down: Evolution Mama: Nyboders Pris: Savoy Blues: If You Like Me like I Like You: Saratoga Shout: Wasting My Love On You: Red River Blues: Why Couldn’t It Be Poor Little Me?: Don’t You Think I Love You: Sailing Down Chesapeake Bay

Bouncing Around (GHB BCD 352, 1990 -1992) Moten Shake: Olga: Long, Deep & Wide: That’s You, Baby! West End Blues: Georgia Cabin: Oriental Strut: Mama, Better Watch Your Step: Susie Of The Islands: Tears: It’s All Coming Home To You: Bouncing Around: Thick Lip Stomp: I’m Speaking Of Kentucky Days: Reindeer Rag: Pleading The Blues: Here Comes The Hot Tamale Man: Cheating On Me: Dans Les Rues d’Antibes: Memphis Bound

Take A Good Look At Mine (Stomp Off CD 1255, 1993) ONLY £7!!! Sweet Mama, Papa's Getting Mad: Bimbo: Baby! Papa De Da Da: Beale Street Mama: Shanghai Lil: Nobody But My Baby Is Getting’ My Love: Oriental Man: My Baby: Too Sweet For Words: Ding Dong Blues: Living High: Oh My Babe Blues: Blues For J. W.: Here Comes My Blackbird: Mean Mean Mama: Sweet Little Papa: Take A Good Look At Mine: Black Eye Blues: Shake It And Break It

Shake ’Em Loose (Lake LACD45, 1994) ONLY £7!!! Worn Out Blues: Cushion Foot Stomp: Anytime: Tree Top Tall Papa: Frog-i-More Rag: Take Your Pick: Dead Man Blues: Shootin’ The Pistol: Sadie Green, The Vamp Of New Orleans: Oh Baby! Gatemouth: Someday, Sweetheart: Shake ’Em Loose: Cole Smoak: Lovey Came Back: Papa Dip: Travelling Blues: My Little Bimbo Down On The Bamboo Isle

Chicago Buzz (Lake LACD74, 1996) with Norman Field (reeds) ONLY £7!!! Mama’s Gonna Slow You Down: Big Boy: Anywhere Sweetie Goes: Sweet Emmalina: 2:19 Blues: Down Among The Sugarcane: Chicago Buzz: Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me): Brownskin Mama: Candy Lips: The One I Love Just Can’t Be Bothered With Me: Oh Sister, Ain’t That Hot? That’s My Stuff: Shout ’Em, Aunt Tillie: Magnolia’s Wedding Day: Angry: Sweet Substitute: Wa Wa Wa

The Music Of Clarence Williams (GHB BCD 452, 1997) with Bent Persson & Keith Nichols Wild Cat Blues: Mandy, Make Up Your Mind: Papa De Da Da: Living High (Sometimes) Jackass Blues: Cushion Foot Stomp: Wildflower Rag: Sweet Emmalina: What Makes Me Love You So: Whip Me With Plenty Of Love: I Found A New Baby: Bimbo: Mister, Will You Serenade: Yama Yama Blues: Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home: High Society

Jazz Lips (Lake LACD119, 1999) Sunset Café Stomp: Kansas City Stomps: Crying For The Carolines: Sensation Rag Riverside Blues: The Lonesomest Gal In Town: Stevedore Stomp: New Orleans Shuffle: Flaming Mamie: Mandy, Make Up Your Mind: Ma Poule: Have You Ever Felt That Way?: Trombone Rag: Jelly Bean Blues: Take Your Black Bottom Outside: Tack Annie: Fidgety Feet: Mister Will You Serenade: Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On: Jazz Lips

Jubilee Stomp (Lake LACD 173, May 2002) with Keith Nichols Forty And Tight: Stay Out Of The South: My Cherokee Maiden: Aeoleus Rag: I Hate To Lose You: Flat Foot: Piggly Wiggly: Mad (‘Cause You Treat Me This Way): Dreaming The Hours Away: Coontown Chimes: Think Of Me, Thinking Of You: Pickin’s: Don’t Tell Me Nothin’ ’Bout My Man: Let’s Misbehave! Come Back Sweet Papa: Hot Lips: Where That Old Man River Flows: I’m Getting My Bonus In Love

OTHER RECORDINGS:

Mike Durham & The Kobe Stompers (7-10-piece Japanese classic jazz band, 1982) Saratoga Shout: Oh My Babe Blues: Miss Jenny’s Ball: Creole Love Call: Where Did You Stay Last Night: Wa Wa Wa: Saturday Night Function: Shout ’Em, Aunt Tillie: C.C. Rider Blues: East Coast Trot: No, Papa, No!: Mabel’s Dream: Sweet Substitute: On Treasure Island: Bas Moi Un Tibou: Two-Nineteen Blues: Honolulu Baby: Bugle Call Rag

Mike Durham’s Hot Four & Hot Five (WJRK 004, 1990 -1993) HOT FOUR: High Society: Elephant Stomp: Thirty-First Street Blues: The Blues Stampede: Memphis Bound: Candy Lips. HOT FIVE: Big Fat Ma And Skinny Pa: Georgia Bo Bo: Heebie Jeebies: Brush Stomp: Terrible Blues: Don’t Forget To Mess Around: Trouble In Mind: Take Your Pick: Cakewalkin’ Babies; Melancholy Blues: Once In A While

An Hour with Fats & Friends (Mike Durham’s Swing Six, SSCD 1001, 2000) I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed: Baby Brown: How Can You Face Me? Dream Man: Let’s Pretend That There’s A Moon: I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling: Louisiana Fairy Tale: Harlem Bound: Sweetie Pie: Cheatin’ On Me: Boo Hoo: Blue Moon: On The Beach At Bali Bali: I Saw Stars: A Porter’s Love Song To A Chambermaid: I’m Shooting High

Spats & His Rhythm Boys (Langham, Durham, Nichols, Field, Munnery etc., 2004) Sing You Sinners: I’m In The Market For You: With Thee I Swing, Baby: I’m Through With Love: The Skeleton In The Closet: When I Take My Sugar To Tea: About A Quarter To Nine: My Kinda Love: The Very Thought Of You: Extra! (All About That Girl Of Mine): Dixie Cinderella: Where The Blue Of The Night: You’ve Got Me Crying Again: If You Can’t Land Her On The Old Veranda: My Blue Heaven: What’s The Reason I’m Not Pleasin’ You?: A Hundred Years From Today:You’re Driving Me Crazy!

John Orton plays Raggy Rags (classic ragtime piano solos, 1992) ONLY £7!! Raggy Rag: At A Georgia Camp Meeting: Possum And Taters: La Belle Creole (Coontown Chimes): Panama: Why We Smile: Joy Rag: The St. Louis Rag: On The Pike: A Ragtime Nightmare: Just Ask Me: Agitation Rag: Keystone Rag: Beauty Queen: Ethiopia – A Rag: Tickled To Death

Tom Gordon plays Original Ragtime Compositions (1997 - for specialist study only) £5.00 (Rare recordings of his own rags by this Tyneside pianist/composer – moderate hi-fi) The Ragtime Seasons Suite (Winter Dreams, Spring Lightning, Lazy Summer, Autumn Thunder): Cindy Belle Slow Drag: Happy Daze Rag: Silver Flash Rag: Flippancy Rag: Mandy Lou’s Cakewalk: Aeoleus Rag: Rag Elegante: Reminiscence Rag: Coppertop Rag: The Sparkler Rag


THE THREE PODS OF PEPPER (and a couple of Hot Tamales) £11 inc P&P Spats Langham, vocal, banjo, guitar & ukulele Norman Field, clarinet, alto & C-melody saxes, alto-clarinet Frans Sjöström, bass sax With guests Keith Nichols, piano (five tracks) and Mike Durham, cornet (three tracks) The Man From The South; Riverboat Shuffle; What Are You Waiting For, Mary? Birmingham Bertha; Little Buttercup; Doing The Raccoon; Slow River; My Baby Knows How; It’s The Talk Of The Town; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Feeling No Pain; I’m Gonna Give It To Mary With Love; Keep A Song In Your Soul; Changes; She’s Got “It”; Never Again; Reaching For Someone (But Not Finding Anyone There); My Sweetie Went Away; Singing A Song To The Stars.


HELLO, BABY! The eagerly-awaited Volume Two by THE RHYTHM BOYS featuring SPATS LANGHAM £11 inc P&P I Lost My Gal From Memphis; Down Among The Sugar Cane; My Sweet Tooth Says I Wanna; That Rhythm Man; An Ev’ning In Caroline; I Believe In Miracles; Hello Baby!; T’ain’t No Sin; Please; Harlem Madness; If You Don’t Love Me; Washboard Blues; Cheerful Little Earful; Rhythm King; Let’s Pretend There’s A Moon; Old Man Sunshine, Little Boy Bluebird; Think Of Me, Thinking Of You; Goodnight, Angel. Tom ‘Spats’ Langham, guitar, banjo, ukulele & vocal; Mike Durham, trumpet & vocal; Norman Field, clarinet, alto & C-Melody saxes; Paul Munnery, trombone; Keith Nichols, piano & vocal; Frans Sjöström, bass sax; John C. Hallam, string bass; Pete Soulsby, drums.

Please deduct 50p per CD when ordering two or more recordings. Send cheque or P.O. payable to Mike Durham at 60 Highbury, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3LN. Alternatively, you may pay via Paypal. Email Mike listing the CDs you wish to purchase. You will then be sent a confirmation email giving the total cost. For further information, phone (0191) 2812935 or e-mail Mike at mikedurham_jazz@hotmail.com

WEST JESMOND RHYTHM KINGS CD’s: £11 each, postpaid.

Click on the cover of each CD to hear samples from it. These are compressed lower quality monophonic versions, not the full quality versions you will find on the CDs. A window will pop up with a choice of two samples in MP3 format.