Dudley Moore on elusic

[Head Man]

Two recordings by The Dudley Moore Trio have appeared on emusic:

Dudley Moore

Does anyone know anything about them? Are they worth downloading?

[Man with the Golden Arm]

thanks ... I had a few downloads left on a trial run and scooped the three blues from the "Jazz, Blues and Moore" album. I think some of the tunes on that goofy looking comp might be from the "Bedazzled" soundtrack.

Your fellow countrymen over on the AAJ are no doubt singing praises and well they should after listening to "Sooz Blooz" just now.

[Alexander Hawkins]

DM's a very nice, swinging player. Very derivative, but he's good!

[jazzman4133]

Thanks for the heads-up on Dudley at "e". I'm a subscriber and I did'nt spot this. Here's some of the scoop on the material on the three CD downloads, each one of which is a composite. There are all but one of the tracks to the complete "Dudley Down Under" and many of the tracks of "Genuine Dud". Best of all are 4 tracks from 'Bedazzled" which according to the "word" commands top dollars in its LP format.

THE OTHER SIDE OF DUDLEY MOORE

"My Blue Heaven", "Lysie Does It", "Poova Nova", "Take Your Time", "Indiana", "Sooz Blooz", "Baubles, Bangles And Beads", "Sad One For George", "Autumn Leaves".

The first British album released by the Dudley Moore Trio sets the scene for the majority of the other albums to come - mixing Dudley's love of jazz pianists such as Oscar Peterson with his classical music scholarship. Whilst versions of jazz standards such as "My Blue Heaven" and "Baubles, Bangles And Beads" only really scratch the surface of Dud's musical ability, it is the original compositions on this album that take full honours. Check out the bright and breezy "Lysie Does It", the sophisticated Brazilian bossa vibe of "Poova Nova" and the imaginative "Sooz Blooz" to fully understand that Dudley's musical talents stretched far beyond his place in the spotlight in the mid 1960's as a light entertainment performer.

GENUINE DUD

“Samantha”, “Yesterdays”, “Field Day For Shirley”, “Straight Life”, “Exactly Like You”, “If You Were The Only Girl In The World”, “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To”, “Blues For Boots”, “Fly Me To The Moon”.

BEDAZZLED

“Main Title”, “Moon Time”, “Strip Club”, “Italy”, “The Leaping Nun’s Chorus”, “G.P.O Tower”, “Love Me”, “Bedazzled”, “Millionaire”, “Sweet Mouth”, “Cornfield”, “Goodbye George”, “Lillian Lust”.

DUDLEY

The pick of the album is the legendary jazz-dance of "Amalgam", formed from a toe-tapping mix of Karan's shuffling, yet tight, drums, a pacey double bass from the newly installed bass-player Jeff Clyne and topped with a slow piano melody from Moore. A great track (and album) that has won many plaudits over the years.“Fanfare”, “120 Plus Optional Magic Exploding Cadence”, “Chimes”, “Love Song From An Imaginary Musical”, “Bag Of Chris”, “Pop And Circumstance”, “Romantic Notion”, “Folk Song”, “Amalgam”, “Nursery Rhyme”, “Hymn”.

BEYOND THE FRINGE

“I Love Paris”, “Theme From Beyond The Fringe”, “What’s New”, “I Get A Kick Out Of You”, “Just In Time”, “Chicago”, “I Didn't Know What Time It Was”, "Just One Of Those Things”.

THE WORLD OF DUDLEY MOORE This album is an exact reissue of the 1965 “The Other Side Of Dudley Moore” album.

THE WORLD OF DUDLEY MOORE VOL. 2 This album is an exact reissue of the 1965 “The Other Side Of Dudley Moore” album.

THE DUDLEY MOORE TRIO TODAY Pick of the tracks in V.V's opinion is the cover of the Bacharach and David's classic "The Look Of Love"

“The More I See You”, “Waterloo”, “Before Love Went Out Of Style”, “The Look Of Love”, “Song For Suzy”, “Two For The Road”, “Robyn’s Blues”, “The Staircase”.

“Dudley Down Under” (Cube Records, 1978)

Pick of the arrangements is the take on "Tricotism", on which the solos are both pacey and right on cue. To contrast this, "Autumn In New York" is played in a soft, reflective and, some would describe as quite sad, mood. Fortunately, the album concludes with a little of Dudley's humour creeping through with the inclusion of the groovy pop tune "Song For Suzy" and the encore of Rodgers and Hart's "Lover".

“Love Walked In”, “Here’s That Rainy Day”, “Prelude – Georgia”, “The Young Prince And The Young Princess”, “Tricotism”, “Autumn In New York”, “Song For Suzy”, “Lover”.

[sidewinder]

thanks ... I had a few downloads left on a trial run and scooped the three blues from the "Jazz, Blues and Moore" album. I think some of the tunes on that goofy looking comp might be from the "Bedazzled" soundtrack.

Timely reminder of the 'Bedazzled' film - it was repeated on UK late night TV the other night. The soundtrack caught my ear, with its groovy 60s big band charts in the background, apparently the work of Moore himself ( ). A certain baritone solo caught my ear and It sounded suspiciously like Ronnie Ross. I wonder if Tooter has heard that one?

Edited August 3, 2006 by sidewinder

[tooter]

thanks ... I had a few downloads left on a trial run and scooped the three blues from the "Jazz, Blues and Moore" album. I think some of the tunes on that goofy looking comp might be from the "Bedazzled" soundtrack.

Timely reminder of the 'Bedazzled' film - it was repeated on UK late night TV the other night. The soundtrack caught my ear, with its groovy 60s big band charts in the background, apparently the work of Moore himself ( ). A certain baritone solo caught my ear and It sounded suspiciously like Ronnie Ross. I wonder if Tooter has heard that one?

Total lack of awareness of this prospect here. I doubt I could have received it as our digital (Sky) box has just given up the ghost. No cable or anything like that - in fact, televison is becoming less and less a part of our lives as time goes by, despite the very infrequent gem such as "Bedazzled" would have been. You don't mention having recorded, sidewinder, so no luck on that score either I guess. I prefer not to see bad language on BB's but the temptation is great. This will have to do.

[sidewinder]

Sorry Tooter - I didn't manage to record it. Totally not expecting any Ronnie Ross on this soundtrack, or indeed any jazz content. If I had then this would have been put onto DVD (I think it was put out on Freeview on BBC4).

Another from me too !

Edited August 4, 2006 by sidewinder