Ken Colyer

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Postman's Lament 04:09 Tools
The Isle Of Capri 02:55 Tools
Stockyard Strut 03:07 Tools
La Harpe Street Blues 03:29 Tools
Moose March 02:50 Tools
Cataract Rag 03:32 Tools
Goin' Home 03:24 Tools
Harlem Rag 03:00 Tools
The Sheik of Araby 02:53 Tools
Ballin' the Jack 03:18 Tools
Lord, Lord, Lord (alternate version) 03:17 Tools
Sing On 03:05 Tools
Tiger Rag 04:54 Tools
Under The Bamboo Tree 06:08 Tools
Lord, Lord, Lord 02:46 Tools
Streamline Train 02:42 Tools
Early Hours 03:11 Tools
Somebody Stole My Gal 04:28 Tools
Too Busy 03:00 Tools
Cheek to Cheek 04:29 Tools
Breeze 04:25 Tools
Doctor Jazz 06:38 Tools
Saturday Night Function 03:56 Tools
Alexander'S Ragtime Band 04:53 Tools
Hilarity Rag 03:39 Tools
Buddy Bolden's Blues 07:20 Tools
Moose March (alternate version) 03:39 Tools
St Philip's Street Breakdown 02:59 Tools
Maryland, My Maryland 03:19 Tools
Shimme Sha Wabble 02:34 Tools
If I Ever Cease To Love 02:30 Tools
Birth Of The Blues 02:34 Tools
Creole Song 03:10 Tools
Isle Of Capri 02:55 Tools
When You And I Were Young Maggie 07:20 Tools
Maple Leaf Rag 03:54 Tools
Blame It on the Blues 05:55 Tools
Carolina Moon 02:46 Tools
That Teasing Rag 05:54 Tools
Sing On (alternate version) 02:30 Tools
Go Down Sunshine 06:07 Tools
Gentofte Blues 03:31 Tools
Far Away Blues 04:39 Tools
Savoy Blues 18:46 Tools
Winter Wonderland 02:46 Tools
Gonna Get Along Without You Now 04:00 Tools
Take This Hammer 03:29 Tools
Heebie Jeebies 03:04 Tools
Riverside Blues 03:45 Tools
Faraway Blues (alternate version) 02:42 Tools
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 07:06 Tools
Just A Closer Walk With Thee 03:13 Tools
St. James Infirmary 06:08 Tools
World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 04:33 Tools
Shine 04:36 Tools
Papa Dip 03:20 Tools
I Can't Escape From You 04:36 Tools
Dippermouth Blues 02:53 Tools
Crane River Woman 02:57 Tools
Bill Bailey 03:20 Tools
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 06:24 Tools
One Sweet Letter from You 06:31 Tools
Lady Be Good 04:40 Tools
Walking With the King 04:16 Tools
Down By the Riverside 03:03 Tools
Tuxedo Rag 03:08 Tools
Blue Blood Blues 02:40 Tools
Shimme Sha Wabble (alternate version) 03:11 Tools
Salutation March 03:51 Tools
Hiawatha Rag 03:00 Tools
Basin Street Blues 05:20 Tools
We Sure Do Need Him Now 06:31 Tools
Midnight Special 02:48 Tools
Sweet Fields 02:52 Tools
Uptown Bumps 01:48 Tools
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It 03:54 Tools
Blue Bells Goodbye 02:58 Tools
Saturday Night Function (alternate version) 02:58 Tools
Cielito Lindo 03:40 Tools
Dusty Rag 02:22 Tools
Dark Town Strutters Ball 06:43 Tools
Hindustan 05:04 Tools
At A Georgia Camp Meeting 03:23 Tools
Darkness On The Delta 11:47 Tools
Black Cat On A Fence 04:51 Tools
The Happy Wanderer 03:03 Tools
Sister Kate 05:58 Tools
Clarinet Marmalade 01:44 Tools
I Want To Be Happy 04:51 Tools
Working Man's Blues 03:36 Tools
Bugle Boy March 06:43 Tools
Bogalusa Moan 09:06 Tools
I'm Travelling 03:36 Tools
After You've Gone 03:36 Tools
Chrysanthemum Rag 04:08 Tools
Thriller Rag 04:01 Tools
My Gal Sal 04:51 Tools
When I Leave The World Behind 03:36 Tools
Wild Cat Blues 02:24 Tools
Hard Time Blues (Skiffle Set) 03:06 Tools
Milenberg Joys 02:36 Tools
St.James Infirmary 02:36 Tools
Wabash Blues 03:15 Tools
Redwing 02:24 Tools
Chimes Blues 02:24 Tools
Snag It 06:30 Tools
Midnight Hour Blues 03:35 Tools
It's Only A Paper Moon 06:09 Tools
Somebody Stole My Girl 04:28 Tools
Tishomingo Blues 03:53 Tools
Dinah 03:13 Tools
Go Down Old Hannah 02:44 Tools
K. C. Moan 03:10 Tools
Salutation Stomp 05:14 Tools
Working Man Blues 03:53 Tools
Home Sweet Home - Auf Widerseh'n Sweetheart 03:54 Tools
Honeysuckle Rose 04:28 Tools
This Train 02:32 Tools
The Old Rugged Cross 07:36 Tools
Margie 09:06 Tools
Ice Cream 03:21 Tools
House Rent Stomp 03:40 Tools
Muleskinner Blues 03:05 Tools
Casey Jones 02:33 Tools
All The Girls Go Crazy 03:36 Tools
When I Grow to Old to Dream 03:36 Tools
Indiana 00:30 Tools
Willie the Weeper 02:41 Tools
Perdido Street Blues 00:30 Tools
My Blue Heaven 03:13 Tools
All The Girls Go Crazy 'Bout The Way I Walk 05:47 Tools
Sweet Lorraine 04:23 Tools
Maryland My Maryland 02:43 Tools
Tell Me Your Dreams 08:07 Tools
Down Home Rag 05:08 Tools
I Can't Sleep 08:04 Tools
Ella Speed 04:08 Tools
Running Wild/Till We Meet Again 10:43 Tools
Black Cat On The Fence 03:03 Tools
Some Of These Days 05:56 Tools
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine 09:06 Tools
Moonshine 05:33 Tools
Lily Of The Valley 08:04 Tools
The Grey Goose 03:10 Tools
Midnight Special (Skiffle Set) 04:08 Tools
High Society 00:30 Tools
Yellow Dog Blues 00:00 Tools
Darktown Strutter's Ball 05:14 Tools
You've Got To See Mama Every Night 05:33 Tools
Gatemouth 05:33 Tools
Stack-O-Lee Blues 02:55 Tools
All Of Me 03:05 Tools
You Don't Know My Mind (Skiffle Set) 04:08 Tools
The Bucket's Got A Hole In It 02:46 Tools
Old Riley 02:32 Tools
Just The Blues 04:08 Tools
Dauphine Street Blues 07:51 Tools
Introduction 01:27 Tools
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor 10:25 Tools
Panama 03:11 Tools
Celito Lindo 06:05 Tools
Home Sweet Home - Auf Widerseh'n Sweetheart - Ken Colyer 02:23 Tools
We Shall Walk Through The Streets Of The City 02:23 Tools
Going Home 00:00 Tools
Yancey Stomp 00:00 Tools
Bourbon Street Parade 05:14 Tools
In The Evening 05:14 Tools
Double Check Stomp/Jazzband Ball - Finale 04:51 Tools
St James Infirmary 07:48 Tools
Hard Time Blues - Skiffle Set 07:48 Tools
Sweet Sue, Just You 02:46 Tools
Sporting Life 02:33 Tools
Nobody's Child (Skiffle Set) 04:08 Tools
Blues No.1 04:08 Tools
In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down 04:08 Tools
A Closer Walk 03:13 Tools
Hot Time In The Old Town 05:14 Tools
When You and I Were Young 05:14 Tools
Corrinne, Corrina 05:22 Tools
Louisiana I.A. 05:22 Tools
Gloryland 02:52 Tools
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll 03:03 Tools
Saturday Night Function - alternate version 03:03 Tools
Milneburg Joys 07:48 Tools
Shimme Sha Wabble - Alternate Version 07:48 Tools
Lord, Lord, Lord - alternate version 07:48 Tools
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Ken was the pioneer of British exploration of the New Orleans jazz idiom and has a great following even though he has gone to the gloryland. Ken Colyer ( 1928 - 1988) was a British traditional jazz revivalist and skiffle scenester who specialized in the New Orleans jazz and ragtime stylings. He first interfaced with New Orleans players when a young man in the UK's Merchant Navy and fater long jaunts at sea, began looking up familiar names in a New Orleans telephone directory found in the Westminster Public Library. When Ken got to the US, he thought nothing of breaking the strict segregation lines in New Orleans and finally he looked up greats like George Lewis, Doc Souchon, Lizzie Miles and many others before finally over staying his visa. He eventually was deported from the Crescent City but brought back a newly invigorated appreciation for the old jazz sounds. Back in England he started his band the Jazzmen and in the 1950's they became the preeminent New Orleans style UK jazz band, playing many concerts, pubs & festivals, and producing some notable records. The standouts are there work with Decca including "They all Played Ragtime," "Club Session With Colyer" and "Colyer Plays Standards," "Marching Back To New Orleans," and "Colyer In Hamburg". He retired eventually to France where he hoped to teach music, but died before fulfilling this quest, and a trust has since been established to carry on his musical legacy and distribute his recordings. www.kencoylertrust.org Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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