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Performance TitleMusic for Moderns
Performance Date18 January 1953
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersDickie Valentine,
Johnny Hawksworth,
Lita Roza,
Dennis Lotis,
Cleo Laine,
Frank Holder,
Maurice Allen,
Marion Davis,
Don Rendell,
Jimmy Deuchar,
Roy Willox,
Bobby Pratt,
Henry Mackenzie,
Les Gilbert
Orchestra or BandRonnie Scott Group

Johnny Dankworth Seven,

Jack Parnell and His Music Makers,

Ted Heath and His Music,

All-Star Session (Kenny Baker, Johnny Dankworth, Jack Parnell, Ronnie Scott, Ralph Sharon)
Set List'The Champ' (Dankworth Seven),
'Honeysuckle Rose' (Laine, Dankworth Seven),
'Lover' (Rendell, Dankworth Seven),
'The Jerky Thing' (Dankworth Seven),
'Fools Rush In' (Holder, Dankworth Seven),
'Swingin' (Dankworth Seven),
'Moonflowers' (Dankworth, Dankworth Seven),
'Flying Home' (Dankworth Seven),
'Airmail Special' (Parnell and His Music Makers),
'Everything I Have is Yours' (Allen, Parnell and His Music Makers),
'Catherine Wheel' (Parnell and His Music Makers),
'Summertime' (Deuchar, Parnell and His Music Makers),
'The Hawk Talks' (Parnell and His Music Makers),
'Stormy Weather' (Davis, Parnell and His Music Makers),
'Seven Eleven' (Parnell and His Music Makers),
'Waltzing The Blues' (Parnell and His Music Makers),
'The Champ' (Parnell and His Music Makers),
'Turn On The Heath' (Heath and His Music),
'Now' (Valentine, Heath and His Music),
'Tipping The Scales' (Hawksworth, Heath and His Music),
'Eloquence' (Willox, Heath and His Music),
'Why Don't You Believe Me' (Roza, Heath and His Music),
'Birth of The Blues' (Pratt, Heath and His Music),
'Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes' (Lotis, Heath and His Music),
'Rumpus Room' (Henry Mackenzie, Heath and His Music),
'Solitude' (Gilbert, Heath and His Music),
'Setting The Woods On Fire' (Roza and Lotis, Ted Heath and His Music),
'Rhapsody for Drums' (Heath and His Music)
Performance NotesRonnie Scott's debut Royal Albert Hall performance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1953/10)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1953/10Music for Moderns18 January 1953
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ehakctcb_BcfMusic for Moderns1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7311Dankworth; Sir; John (20 September 1927-6 February 2010); CBE; English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinetist and writer of film scores
DS/UK/7313Parnell; Jack (1923-2010); English bandleader, musician
DS/UK/8227Heath; Ted (1902-1969); British musician, big band leader
DS/UK/7310Baker; Kenny (1 March 1921-7 December 1999); MBE; English jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn player, and composer
DS/UK/8583Gilbert; Les (fl 1950s); British jazz saxophonist
DS/UK/8582Mackenzie; Henry (1923-2007); Scottish clarinetist, saxophonist
DS/UK/8581Pratt; Robert Stuart "Bobby" (1927-1968); Scottish trumpeter, horn player, pianist, drummer, vocalist
DS/UK/8580Willox; Roy (fl 1950s-2010s); British jazz saxophonist, clarenetist, flautist
DS/UK/8579Deuchar; James "Jimmy" (1930-1993); Scottish jazz trumpeter, big band arranger
DS/UK/8578Rendell; Donald Percy 'Don' (1926-); English jazz musician, arranger
DS/UK/8577Davis; Marion (fl 1950s-1960s); British vocalist
DS/UK/8575Holder; Frank (1925-); Guyanan jazz singer, percussionist
DS/UK/8574Laine; Dame; Cleo (1927-); Lady Dankworth; English jazz and pop singer, actress
DS/UK/8573Lotis; Dennis (1925-2023); South African-born British singer, actor, entertainer
DS/UK/8572Roza; Lilian Patricia Lita (1926-2008); British singer
DS/UK/8571Hawksworth; Johnny (1924-); British musician, composer
DS/UK/8570Valentine; Dickie (1929-1971); English singer
DS/UK/8585Scott; Ronnie (28 January 1927-23 December 1996); OBE; English jazz tenor saxophonist, jazz club owner
DS/UK/8584Carpenter; Paul (1921-1964); Canadian actor, singer
DS/UK/8586Sharon; Ralph (1923-); British-born American jazz pianist
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