Jane Rendell

A grey-area edition of the legendary Phase III album, another iconic recording featuring this famous quintet. A real lost treasure from the legendary Don Rendell and Ian Carr– a set that stands strongly with all of his classic albums of the late 60s, but which is issued here for the first time ever! It features the outstanding 'Black Marigolds' tunes, that more of a raga in it’s composition the track was inspired by a 2000 year old Indian story which perhaps shows some insight into the Eastern influences that were proliferating throughout many genres at the time.

The band (Don Rendell, reeds; Ian Carr, tpt, flug; Michael Garrick, pno; Dave Green, bass; Trevor Tomkins, drums) had invited forty friends to witness this recording and to alleviate the sterility of studio recordings. The whole enterprise is a success. There is urgency, emotion and wonderful playing throughout. It just shows just how good British jazz was fifty years ago.