Doing my triannual tidy up I came across this cutting from the Gazette dated August 20, 1997 and is by local radio broadcaster the late Frank Wappat.
The article refers to the start of a weekly gig by Tommy Moran (alto sax); Bill Harper (piano); Derek Dixon (bass) & Tommy Gibson (drums) with vocals by Mia Webb at the Turks Head pub up on the Lawe Top in South Shields. Back in the day I called in a few times and I remember it as being an excellent session.
However, my main interest in the article is the mention of some previously unrecorded arrangements by Nelson Riddle that Frank Wappat had acquired and that he had remastered them with Tommy Moran as the featured soloist.
Did this actually happen and were they ever released commercially?
Come in Tommy Moran. Lance
1 comment :
Hi Lance, Tommy gave me some of his early
Recordings when he was playing in Classic Swing.
I can confirm there are some recordings listed as
"Tommy Moran with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra",
you'd have to contact Tommy for recording details!
Alan Rudd
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