In December 1963, this sextet were invited to PYE Studios to make a demonstration recording, testing the studio and its equipment, not the band. The results, which turned out to be over 90 minutes of capture-the-moment-or-you'll-miss-it early British mainstream jazz, subsequently lay in a dusty attic for 55 years until now. The session includes two compositions, 'Fictive' written by Pete Lemer and 'Blues for Snorty' written by Tony Roberts which are heard here for the first time. With the help of Peter Lemer and Tony Roberts, both of whom at the time were on the cusp of notable careers in music, augmented by a definitive contextual essay by Simon Spillett, and photographs by Henk Visser, we have reconstructed that snap shot in time.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.How Can You Lose?

Fat John Sextet

2.Blues (From 'Gillespiana')

Fat John Sextet

3.Sister Sadie

Fat John Sextet

4.Delilah

Fat John Sextet

5.My Jelly Roll Soul

Fat John Sextet

6.The Theme

Fat John Sextet

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.Toccata (From 'Gillespiana')

Fat John Sextet

2.Watermelon Man

Fat John Sextet

3.Whisper Not

Fat John Sextet

4.Jubilation

Fat John Sextet

5.Blues for Snorty

Fat John Sextet

6.Fictive

Fat John Sextet

7.Ghana

Fat John Sextet

8.Chicken N' Dumplings

Fat John Sextet

9.Theme

Fat John Sextet

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