Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen, Spirituals Volume 1 (1974)
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I had heard of this guy – Ken Colyer – but I hadn’t really heard him…a British jazzer who dedicated his life to recreating/representing the fabulous music of New Orleans. His band (his Jazzmen) would also play skiffle pieces in and around the jazz or turn trad-jazz over and into the English skiffle sound. …
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