Barber, Ball and Bilk - The Best Of Barber, Ball and Bilk (2010)

It is tempting to dismiss `Best Of' albums, especially when the musicians are well known and they have made many many recordings. However these 3 CDs really do stand out - starting Track 1 CD1 with `Stranger On The Shore' as the trad jazz number holding a record for the longest time in the charts - it's Acker's pension pot! This sets the scene for a further 60 tremendous tracks of good-time music from the `trad' boom in the late 1950s and 1960s. For fans of Chris Barber, Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk the listings confirm numerous favourites, and even newcomers are likely to recognise `trad' titles such as Barber's (Monty Sunshine really) `Petite Fleur', Ball's `Midnight In Moscow' and Bilk's `A Taste Of Honey'.

Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Stranger On The Shore (Acker Bilk) (2:58)
02. Summer Set (Acker Bilk) (3:38)
03. Creole Jazz (Acker Bilk & The Paramount Jazz Band) (2:42)
04. So Do I (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:40)
05. Midnight In Moscow (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (3:00)
06. Hello Dolly (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:41)
07. March Of The Siamese Children (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:47)
08. The Pay Off (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:59)
09. You Made Me Love You (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:59)
10. Acapulco 1922 (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:15)
11. I Still Love You (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:10)
12. Buona Sera (Acker Bilk & The Paramount Jazz Band) (3:36)
13. Frankie And Johnny (Acker Bilk) (2:42)
14. Stars And Stripes Forever (Acker Bilk & The Paramount Jazz Band) (3:15)
15. The Green Leaves Of Summer (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:50)
16. Someday (You'll Be Sorry) (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:20)
17. A Taste Of Honey (Acker Bilk) (3:01)
18. Samantha (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:22)
19. Gotta See Baby Tonight (Acker Bilk) (2:31)
20. Lonely (Acker Bilk) (2:43)
21. Petite Fleur (Chris Barber) (2:46)

CD 2

01. When The Saints Go Marchin' In (Chris Barber) (3:09)
02. High Society (Chris Barber) (3:05)
03. Tuxedo Rag (Chris Barber's Skiffle Group) (2:17)
04. When You And I Were Young, Maggie (Chris Barber) (2:39)
05. Gladiolus Rag (Acker Bilk) (2:28)
06. Dardanella (Acker Bilk) (3:42)
07. Easter Parade (Acker Bilk & The Paramount Jazz Band) (2:44)
08. Blaze Away (Acker Bilk) (2:42)
09. El Abanico (Acker Bilk & The Paramount Jazz Band) (2:43)
10. Bye And Bye (Chris Barber) (2:28)
11. Whistlin' Rufus (Chris Barber) (3:00)
12. Jump In The Line (Acker Bilk) (2:56)
13. Can't You Line 'Em (Chris Barber's Skiffle Group) (2:05)
14. Under The Double Eagle (Acker Bilk) (2:54)
15. Marching Through Georgia (Acker Bilk) (3:19)
16. Doin' My Time (Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (3:30)
17. The Sheik Of Araby (Chris Barber) (9:04)
18. The Lonesome Road (Chris Barber) (2:49)
19. Majorca (live) (Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (3:45)
20. You Took Advantage Of Me (Chris Barber's Skiffle Group) (5:34)

CD 3

01. When I'm Sixty Four (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:44)
02. Mood Indigo (Acker Bilk & The Paramount Jazz Band) (5:39)
03. I Wanna Be Like You (Kenny Ball) (2:14)
04. Sweet Georgia Brown (Acker Bilk) (4:18)
05. Wolverine Blues (Acker Bilk) (3:42)
06. Rondo (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:25)
07. The Entertainer (Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (3:49)
08. Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano? (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (3:09)
09. April Showers (Chris Barber) (5:52)
10. Burgundy Street Blues (Acker Bilk) (2:48)
11. Don't Fence Me In (Acker Bilk) (2:44)
12. Casablanca (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:18)
13. Sukiyaki (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:59)
14. Worried Man Blues (It Takes A Worried Man) (Chris Barber's Skiffle Group) (2:10)
15. The Midnight Special (Chris Barber's Skiffle Group) (2:16)
16. Travellin' On (Acker Bilk) (2:50)
17. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) (2:30)
18. Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear (Acker Bilk) (3:31)
19. Aria (Acker Bilk) (3:32)
20. September In The Rain (Acker Bilk) (4:56)