Search - Various Artists :: London Is the Place for Me V.3

This is the third in the series of London Is The Place For Me on the Honest Jons label.Nearly all the tracks assembled here come from recordings made for the Melodisc label and originally released as 10-inch 78rpm singles. People who bought these records at the time can still recall how it was when the percussion team - among them Ade Bashorun, Salustiano Dos Anjos, Manny Myers and 'Lati' Pedro - built their polyrhythms in Ola Dosunmu's kingdom. With the melodic guitars of Brewster and Ambrose coming together behind Campbell's soothing voice, the musicians contrived to paint an evocative, enduring picture of palmwine Lagos nights. Ambrose Campbell was beloved by London's jazz community. Musicians went to the Abalabi and Club Afrique - its successor - to learn at the source. Saxophonists Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott studied there whilst carousing. ("Ambrose was a bit special, a bit of a musicologist.") EMI.