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- Jazz At The Stone Hall - CD
- This new album on Digby's own label 'Rose Cottage Records' is his first on-record celebration of authentic New Orleans jazz, recorded in the company of Dave Claridge's Jazz Band, during a live concert at the Southend Jazz Festival l992.
- "Playing real New Orleans-style jazz", says Digby, "is something I love to do. But there's been little chance to re-visit this great music since the early l970s when I was a regular part of DaveClaridge's wonderful George Lewis-style band. Nobody knew that this reunion concert - held twenty years later - had been recorded at all. But then tapes came to light and the result is some of the best and most honest music I've had a chance to put on record!" » more »
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- Thirty Five Not Out - CD
- This second new album on 'Rose Cottage Records' presents a compendium of Digby's own favourite on-record tracks from his first studio session in l972 up to 2007 with his Half Dozen and George Melly. Many of the tracks have been lost since the vinyl years (and some have never been issued at all!) but - says Digby - "I really like all of the music on these tracks - featuring everyone from George Melly and the Great British Jazz Band right back to Ron Russell and 'Velvet' in the l970s as well as more of my favourite groups over the years. There's an eight-page booklet telling the story of the music and a bonus 'collector' track from 2009 thrown in for good luck too!" » more »
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- Portrait of Digby Fairweather - CD
- In l991 Alan Bates of Black Lion Records asked Digby to assemble all his favourite tracks recorded for Black Lion (and one other) between l979-84. Soon after the catalogue was sold to Germany and the collection deleted. Now, fully remastered, it's available again making a perfect collectors'-item double with 'Thirty Five Not Out' which collates more of Digby's favourite recordings l982-2009! » more »
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- Things Ain't What They Used To Be - CD
- This album by Digby's Half-Dozen brillantly illustrates all the facets of the group that caused their first to be hailed by 'The Observer' in l998 as "relaxed, witty, amazingly accomplished. There cannot be another band with quite this range, from Dixieland via bebop to R'n'B'". Of this triumphant follow-up the 'Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD' commented "the Fairweather band sounds more alert and adventurous than ever! There are eighteen tracks here and every one is sharply crafted and dispatched. Digby's phrasing is exquisite!" » more »
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- Partners In Time - CD
- This album (originally issued on LP for Dawn Club as 'Lennie Hastings;always the best!' ) is newly remastered by Dave Bennett to present the entire evening's session, recorded live in February 1978 at Pizza Express, London. Issued on Digby's own label 'Rose Cottage Records' with new photographs and linernotes, this album is an essential portrait of a dynamic musical partnership spanning thirty years, and the best illustration of Strange's outstanding talents on record. » more »
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- Scenes From A Jazz Life - DVD
- In 2004 Zoltan Films were the first to produce a comprehensive filmed account of Digby Fairweather's career in jazz. In both performance and conversation Digby is seen with a host of British jazz stars and legends including his Half-Dozen, Humphrey Lyttelton, George Melly, Don Lusher, Nat Gonella, Dave Shepherd and hosts more.
- In between the music (featuring a wide variety of rare film, archive and TV clips) he talks frankly in a specially-filmed interview about his life and projects as a jazz musician; performing, teaching, writing, broadcasting, founding institutions including the National Jazz Archive - and surviving 'during his journey to becoming one of the most successful jazz musicians and ambassadors in Britain' (Zoltan Films).'Scenes from a Jazz Life'; the complete and vivid portrait of Digby Fairweather. » more »
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All Digby's CDs available through Amazon.
- Ultimate Melly
- George Melly's 'favourite album' (his words!) with guests Jacqui Dankworth, Swingle Singers, Van Morrison et al
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- Special Delivery
- Classic mainstream from the l990s with stars Roy Williams, Dave Shepherd, Brian Lemon and more
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- Ballads for Trumpet
- Digby features on this with other international brassmen on great 'smooth jazz' ballads
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- Squeezin' the Blues Away
- The album celebrating Dig's long association with premier jazz accordianist Tony Compton
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- Squeezin' The Blues Away, shortly to be released as an MP3 download.
- Twelve Feet off the Ground
- A collectors' item; the Half Dozen's first album recorded in l998 featuring favourites including 'Liza'
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