Boxset / Compilation · 2023
Tracklist
Disc 1 Jubilation
1. Jubilation 11:48
2. Nomad 10:26
3. What’s Happening? 3:48
4. Spider 15:14
Bonus tracks
5. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Romberg & Hammerstein) 14:09
6. You Don’t Know What Love Is (De Paul & Raye) 3:26
7. Billie’s Bounce (Parker) 16:27
Disc 2 Dreams Are Free
1. Dreams Are Free 10:44
2. Love Dance 5:39
3. Aura 3:07
4. Conundrums 7:39
5. What Is The Truth? 7:56
6. Ba-loos 7:37
Bonus tracks
7. Rhythm-a-ning (Monk) 6:22
8. In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington) 5:22
9. Now’s The Time (Parker) 10:49
10. My Melancholy Baby (Burnett & Adler) 12:01
Line-up/Musicians
Bobby Wellins - tenor saxophone
Pete Jacobsen - piano, electric piano, organ
Adrian Kendon - bass
Spike Wells - drums
About this release
Jazz In Britain JIB-33-S-CD (UK)
The tracks on this album have been transferred from the two Bobby Wellins Quartet vinyl albums or from Spike Wells’ personal reel tape archive.
Disc 1, tracks 1-4 Recorded live at Brighton Jazz Club, Hanbury Arms, Kemptown on 8th June 1978
Disc 1, tracks 5-7 - Brighton Jazz Club, Hanbury Arms, Kemptown, 19th January 1978
Disc 2, tracks 1-6 - Porcupine Studios, Eltham, London, Mixed at Wave Studios, Middlesex 1979
Disc 2, track 7 - Glasgow, 2nd May 1979
Disc 2, tracks 8-10 - Christ’s Hospital Arts Centre, Horsham, 8th June 1979
Thanks to snobb for the addition