[78-L] Blue Rhythm Records: Help Anyone!

[Julian Vein]

 From Lord 10.0:


[B12660.10-10] British Modern Jazz
Dave Usden (tp) Victor Feldman (vib) Damian Robinson (p) Pete Blannin 
(b) Freddie Manton (d)
Concert "Taj Mahal Hotel", Bombay, India, August 4, 1953
JDG101    What is this thing called love (part I)    Blue Rhythm BR-1001
JDG102    What is this thing called love (part II)               -
Note: The short-lived Indian jazz magazine "Blue Rhythm" issued this 
record. These musicians were playing with the Eddie Carroll band in 
India at the time of this concert.

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Han Enderman wrote:
> Blue Rhythm 1001 was on ebay in Aug 2005, advertised with following text:
> 
> "VICTOR FELDMAN 5-TET RECORDED 1953 BOMBAY = A live recording of "BRITISH MODERN JAZZ"
> Quintet led by vibraphonist Victor Feldman with Dave Usden trumpet, Damian Robinson piano, 
> Pete Blannin bass and Freddie Manton drums. Recorded August 4, 1953 at the Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay, India.
> "What Is This Thing Called Love" Parts 1 & 2 on a 10 inch 78 rpm thick shellac record on the "Blue Rhythm" label
> BR 1001 JDG-101, 102. These musicians were working in hotels in New Delhi and Calcutta and Bombay's 
> Blue Rhythm society invited them and flew them in on their day off. They rehearsed by exchanging letters! 
> Their concert was a roaring success. Only a few of these records exist. The disc is in mint condition, 
> well preserved for over 50 years."
> 
> With the disc was a 15 Aug 1953  review of the concert from "Eve's Weekly", with 2 photos.
> Not clear if this is the title of a weekly magazine or a weekly column in a newspaper.
> I will send the (mediocre) image of this review to Geoffrey, who is free to decifer & quote it if he wants to.
> 
> It seems doubtful that there was another issue on the label.
> 
> Han Enderman
> ===
>>>> Blue Rhythm records have nothing to do with MBRB. It is an Indian 
> label, which is unfamiliar to me. I have a copy of Blue Rhythm [lower 
> case] BR 1001 with parts 1 and 2 of "What is This Thing Called Love" by 
> a group consisting of Dave Usden, trumpet; Vic Feldman, vibraphone; 
> Damian Robinson, piano; Pete Blannin, bass; and Freddie Manton, drums. 
> No leader is indicated. According to the label, the performance was 
> recorded August 4th 1953 at "British Modern Jazz" concert, Taj Mahal 
> Hotel, Bombay [now Mumbai, India]. This is the same Taj Mahal that was 
> severely damaged by terorist bombs November 26, 2008. Matrix number on 
> the label for Part 1 is JDG-101;  matrix number on the label for Part 2 
> is JDG-102. The same matrix numbers are stamped in the runoffs but 
> without hyphens. Top half of the label is blue; bottom half, white. 
> Typography and a 2-5/8-inch-high ink illustration of a guitarist in 
> profile are black. The illustration of the guitarist suggests a folk 
> recording rather than jazz.  Has anyone seen this recording, this 
> label? Were any other recordings ever issued on Blue Rhythm? Thanks in 
> advance for any help.
> (gw)
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