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2008 is the year of Dankworth & Laine as they both celebrate their 80th birthdays with a nationwide tour taking in venues across the country from their own Stables to the Barbican and even the grandeur of Hampton Court Palace!
Over at AVID headquarters we continue our occasional series of Dankworth and Laine releases (see “Spread A Little Happiness” AMSC 854 and “About 42 Years Later” AMSC 919 with Danny Moss) with a new release on the AVID Jazz label. We have taken three classic early albums in their entirety along with some extra bonus material and completely re-mastered them for your listening pleasure. Cleo Laine kicks the first CD set off with an early EP entitled “The April Age” before launching into her 1957 album “ She’s The Tops”, which of course she was, and indeed, still is! We conclude CD1 with a selection from John Dankworth & His Orchestra before heading into CD2 with the complete albums “Journey Into Jazz” and “5 Steps To Heaven”.
These three classic albums feature the cream of British jazz playing in the 1950’s and are now all available superbly re-mastered on CD, thanks to AVID Jazz.

CD1
1 - 4: ‘The April Age’ - Cleo Laine
1. I’ll Remember April
2. April Age
3. April in Paris
4. I Dedicate April
5 - 16: ‘She’s The Tops!’ - Cleo Laine
5. The Lady Sings the Blues
6. Mean to Me
7. Mood Indigo
8. I’ll Get By
9. My One and Only Love
10. Stormy Weather
11. Love Is Here to Stay
12. Early Autumn
13. St. Louis Blues
14. T’Ain’t What You Do
15. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
16. Hit The Road to Dreamland
17. Experiments with Mice -1, 2
18. Applecake
19. All Clare
20. Melbourne Marathon
21. Duke’s Joke
22. Coquette
23. Big Jazz Story -2
24. Firth of Fourths
25. Deep Purple

CD2
1 - 5: ‘Journey Into Jazz’- Johnny Dankworth
1. Adios (Madriguera)
2. Jersey Bounce
3. Take the ‘A’ Train
4. Explanation of Itinerary of An Orchestra -2
5. Itinerary of An Orchestra
6 - 15: ‘5 Steps To Dankworth’ - Johnny Dankworth
6. Export Blues
7. Somerset Morn
8. Just A-Sittin’ And A-Rockin’
9. One For Janet
10. Somebody Loves Me
11. Hullabaloo
12. Horoscope
13. Stompin’ At The Savoy
14. Magenta Midget
15. Limehouse Blues
16. Up The Poll
17. Quick Return

Cleo Laine & John Dankworth: Three Early LP's & More (She's The Tops/Journey Into Jazz/5 Steps To Dankworth) (2CD)