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Boaters, Bowlers and Bowties [Box set]

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  • Audio CD (20 July 2009)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B002CPD59Y
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,804 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. When The Saints Go Marchin' InChris Barber 2:54£0.69
Listen  2. Summer SetAcker Bilk 3:39£0.69
Listen  3. Hello DollyKenny Ball 2:39£0.69
Listen  4. Stranger On The ShoreAcker Bilk 3:18£0.89
Listen  5. Ory's Creole TromboneChris Barber's Jazz Band 3:08£0.69
Listen  6. Midnight In MoscowKenny Ball 2:59£0.89
Listen  7. Wolverine BluesAcker Bilk 3:40£0.69
Listen  8. Basin Street BluesChris Barber 3:14£0.69
Listen  9. Sweet Georgia BrownAcker Bilk 4:15£0.69
Listen10. The Green Leaves Of SummerKenny Ball 2:48£0.69
Listen11. Creole JazzAcker Bilk 2:41£0.69
Listen12. Petite FleurChris Barber 2:44£0.69
Listen13. March Of The Siamese ChildrenKenny Ball 2:46£0.69
Listen14. I Hate Myself (For Being So Mean To You)Ottilie Patterson 1:50£0.69
Listen15. A Taste Of HoneyAcker Bilk 3:01£0.69
Listen16. SamanthaKenny Ball 2:21£0.69
Listen17. RevivalOttilie Patterson 2:10£0.69
Listen18. There'll Be Some Changes MadeAcker Bilk 5:11£0.69
Listen19. Whistlin RufusChris Barber 2:59£0.69
Listen20. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down And Out)Acker Bilk 3:20£0.69


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Down By The RiversideOttilie Patterson 1:47£0.69
Listen  2. Gospel TrainAcker Bilk 3:41£0.69
Listen  3. Bourbon Street ParadeChris Barber's Jazz Band 2:35£0.69
Listen  4. I Wanna Be Like YouKenny Ball 2:10£0.69
Listen  5. I Can't Give You Anything But LoveChris Barber 2:43£0.69
Listen  6. AriaAcker Bilk 3:30£0.89
Listen  7. High SocietyChris Barber 2:07£0.69
Listen  8. Just A Little While To Stay HereOttilie Patterson 4:48£0.69
Listen  9. SukiyakiKenny Ball 2:57£0.69
Listen10. Marching Through GeorgiaAcker Bilk 3:16£0.79
Listen11. Moose MarchOttilie Patterson 3:28£0.69
Listen12. That's My HomeParamount Jazz Band 3:16£0.69
Listen13. King KongOttilie Patterson 2:30£0.69
Listen14. In A Persian MarketAcker Bilk 2:24£0.69
Listen15. Hawaiian War ChantKenny Ball 2:52£0.69
Listen16. It Looks Like Being A Big Time TonightChris Barber 3:08£0.69
Listen17. Buona SeraAcker Bilk 3:35£0.69
Listen18. Cottage CrawlOttilie Patterson 3:09£0.69
Listen19. Delia's GoneAcker Bilk 3:27£0.69
Listen20. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister KateChris Barber 2:00£0.69

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Trad jazz is the quintessential sound of the English summer. It's enjoyed at Henley Regatta, Wimbledon Tennis and at Cricket matches and village fairs up and down the country. Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball are the kings of the UK trad jazz movement, and Boaters, Bowlers & Bowties presents the very best of their music. From the early 60s onwards, they spearheaded the revival of traditional jazz in the UK and scored numerous top 10 hits along the way, becoming household names in the process. Acker Bilk's "Stranger On The Shore" holds the record for the longest time spent on the UK singles chart, and was also the first single by a UK solo artist to go to Number 1 in the USA.

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Trad at it's Best, 23 July 2009
By R. Gill "colliecross" (Carlisle England) - See all my reviews
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Without giving away my age I was a keen fan of Bilk, Barber and Ball way back when.
Forty tracks on 2 CDs. Your foot won't stop tapping for a good two hours. Good quality recordings good value
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Toe Tapping Time, 30 July 2009
By M. Dowden (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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A fantastic compilation for all ages, this double cd has 40 tracks giving you just over two hours of some absolutely great music. I was too little to appreciate any of this at the time so I am happy with this album, I can tap my toes to my heart's content. This album is made up from tracks originally recorded in the 60's and 70's so the sound quality is very good.

Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball were all proponents of what is known as Trad Jazz (Trad is short for traditional) and the style of this music is the old New Orleans jazz style, which if you listen to this you will see how well they play it. Trad was big especially from the 50's in this country as well as apparently Australia, and indeed when I see some busker groups playing this (usually in the summer) everyone from little children to old age pensioners stand around clapping and tapping their toes. In this day when a lot of music sounds like any other and even the singers sound the same it is refreshing to listen to something that is relaxing and fun.

I would wholely recommend anyone to buy this great compilation, and as an afterthought if you have to travel on packed trains in the rush hour I wolud recommend that you download this to your MP3 player. When everyone is getting uptight because of delays and not enough seats you will be oblivious to it all. This album would also be good to introduce someone to jazz for the first time, or as a present for your dad or grandad.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid, a CD full of wonderful nostalgia, 12 Oct 2009
By J. M. Moss "Jean Moss 'Cog'" (Cheshire) - See all my reviews
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Boaters, Bowlers and Bowties takes me back on a wonderful journey into the past. I float in a dream into a world of lost romance, the music and jazz lead me back to great happiness; into the nostalgia of a then,wonderful world.
I put on this CD when life 'gets a little too much' I sit back and relax and think of the boy I met at school during the war, we were both aged 15, I think of the remarkable life we spent together. Sadly he left this world in 2001, but I can live every magic moment of our past when I put up my feet and listen to this, for me, magic music played by three masters of their art.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Boaters Bowlers and Bowties
I bought this cd for my husbands birthday,we both really enjoyed it.
The music is wonderful takes you back to the glory days of all three artists. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. Maureen A. Webster

5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia once again.
Great CD. Reminds me of a wonderful Summer evening at Hever Castle listening to the trad. jazz sounds wafting over the summer breezes. Read more
Published 5 months ago by E. Snare

5.0 out of 5 stars CD Review
Awesome product and a great gift for a present. Excellent seller too with very speedy delivery.
Published 5 months ago by Dominic J. Emery

5.0 out of 5 stars The Great B.B.&B!
I bought "Boaters, Bowlers and Bowties" double CD purely and simply for old times sake! I have'nt been disappointed! Read more
Published 5 months ago by Sheila E. Rose

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Well Produced
A comprehensive selection of British Trad Jazz.

Good Recordings and a reminder of the much overlooked expertise of these fine musicians.
Published 5 months ago by Paul Bond

5.0 out of 5 stars Bowlers, Boaters and Bowties.
Excellent CD. I would recommend it to all lovers of trad jazz. While listening it is impossible not to tap your feet to the rhythm. BUY IT!
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. Dorothy Massey

4.0 out of 5 stars Great British Trad Jazz revisited
Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball were the undisputed kings of the British traditional Jazz boom of 1950's and 60's. This brilliant double c. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ronald Searle

5.0 out of 5 stars Boaters, Bowlers & Bowties
An excellent CD. Easy listening and exactly what the title suggests. It epitomises the artists featured.
Published 5 months ago by A. Wilkinson

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