PHIL SEAMEN NOW LIVE LP UK ORIG RARE JAZZ

	£		194
	$		257

Item :

PHIL SEAMEN ~ NOW!...LIVE! LP

Original 1968 U.K. mono first pressing released on the Verve label VLP 9220.

Description :

Super rare jazz album featuring the legendary Phil Seamen on drums with Tony Archer on bass and Tony Lee on piano.

Throughout his career Seamen played in a wide range of musical contexts. Starting off as a big band drummer firmly in the tradition of Gene Krupa, he went on to become one of Europe's foremost bebop drummers and also a key component in the free form quintet of Joe Harriott in the early 1960s. Alongside a long running on/off musical association with Harriott, he played and recorded with virtually every key figure of 1950s and 1960s British jazz. Notable examples included Tubby Hayes, Stan Tracey, Ronnie Scott, Dick Morrissey, Harold McNair, Don Rendell, Victor Feldman, Dizzy Reece, Tony Coe, Tony Lee, and George Chisholm, to name but a few. Later in his career he worked with Alexis Korner and had a spell with Ginger Baker's Air Force, the leader of the band being one of Seamen's foremost disciples.

Having gained his reputation working with the post-war big bands of Nat Gonella, Joe Loss and Jack Parnell, he became possibly the most sought-after jazz drummer on the British jazz scene of the mid-50s and 60s, appearing in bands led by Vic Ash (1955-6), Victor Feldman (1955), Kenny Baker (1955-7), Ronnie Scott (1954-7), and Joe Harriott (1959).

He also played with myriad visiting American musicians, backing performers such as Johnny Griffin, Stan Getz, Eddie Gomez, Roland Kirk and Freddie Hubbard, often at Ronnie Scott's, where he was resident drummer from 1964 to 1968. He can be seen backing the great multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk in the documentary film Sound.

Seamen was almost as well known for his dishevelled lifestyle as for his drumming, battling both heroin addiction and alcoholism until his death. He was equally known for his sharp wit. Demonstrating his skills as a raconteur, an entire side of the LP The Phil Seamen Story was devoted to Seamen's spoken retrospective on his career.

Condition ~ Vinyl :

The vinyl is in super clean NEAR MINT condition.  Looks as though it's hardly ever been played.

Condition ~ Sleeve :

The laminated flip-back sleeve is in EXCELLENT condition with just very light corner wear.  No splits or writing.  Ignore the small area of camera glare along the bottom edge.

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