Listen to My Music, Vol. 2

by Ted Heath

Overview

There are numerous Ted Heath albums parading around wearing the title Listen to My Music. Several of these are part of a series released during the late '90s by the Hep record label, surveying in detail the early recordings of this solid, often exciting British big band. Vol. 2 focuses upon the years 1946 and 1947. High points in this part of the Heath story include an updated version of Sy Oliver's "Opus One" (Heath first recorded this number in 1944); two substantial entries from the Ellington book; durable standards like "I've Found a New Baby" and "Exactly Like You"; and "Ad Lib Frolic," a feisty original by trumpeter Kenny Baker. Vocals are attributed to Heath's drummer, Jack Parnell. One prime participant in the postwar English big-band scene was tenor saxophonist Tommy Whittle, an essential component in the Ted Heath band from 1946 to 1952. His work with Heath as documented on this disc deserves wider recognition. ~ arwulf arwulf

Product Details

Release Date:	04/07/1998
Label:	Hep
UPC:	0603366005728
Rank:	198505

Tracks

1. Listen to My Music
2. Opus One
3. Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
4. Creole Love Call
5. C Jam Blues
6. Any Old Iron
7. Knees Up Mother Brown
8. Time on My Hands
9. Anything Goes
10. Exactly Like You
11. Wotcher! (Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road)
12. I've Found a New Baby
13. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
14. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
15. Lullaby of Broadway
16. Somebody Loves Me
17. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
18. That Lovely Weekend
19. Love Will Find a Way
20. See Me Dance the Polka
21. Lonesome Road
22. Night and Day
23. Yesterdays
24. Yearning (Just for You)
25. Ad Lib Frolic
26. Listen to My Music

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ted Heath   Primary Artist,Director
Paul Carpenter   Primary Artist
Beryl Davis   Primary Artist
Tohama   Primary Artist
Lad Busby   Timbales
Jack Bentley   Timbales
Stanley Roderick   Trumpet
Dave Wilkins   Trumpet
Dave Shand   Sax (Baritone)
Harry Roche   Timbales
Jack Parnell   Drums,Vocals
Tommy Whittle   Sax (Tenor)
Ralph Sharon   Piano
Cliff Haines   Trumpet
Charlie Short   Sax (Baritone)
Jackie Armstrong   Timbales
Kenny Baker   Trumpet
Dave Goldberg   Guitar
Jimmy Coombes   Timbales
Norman Stenfalt   Piano
Alan Franks   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Joe Burke   Composer
Brian Johnston   Design
Moira Heath   Composer
Charlie Barnet   Composer
Charlie Collins   Composer
Gene Austin   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Eubie Blake   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Axel Stordahl   Composer
K. Baker   Composer
Noble Sissle   Composer
Nathaniel Shilkret   Composer
Otto Harbach   Composer
Artie Dunn   Composer
Brooks Bowman   Composer
Morton Nevins   Composer
Al Nevins   Composer
Alastair Robertson   Producer
Buddy DeSylva   Composer
Harold Adamson   Composer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Al Dubin   Composer
Curley Hamner   Composer
Barney Bigard   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Lionel Hampton   Composer
Ted Kendall   Remixing,Transfers
Spencer Williams   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Ted Heath   Composer
Ballard MacDonald   Composer
Paul Weston   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Sy Oliver   Composer
Kenny Baker   Arranger
Irving Mills   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Jack Palmer   Composer
Benny Davis   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Derek Grossmith   Composer
Norman Stenfalt   Arranger
Lad Busby   Arranger