London Ragtime Orchestra – Grace and Beauty

Alyn played in the London Ragtime Orchestra from its foundation in the late 1970s until 1991.

This was the band’s second album, recorded at the Bull’s Head in 1987 and issued by GHB / Jazzology.

Personnel:

  • Dick Cook, cl, ldr;
  • Tony O’Sullivan, t;
  • John Beecham, tb;
  • Catherine Lord, vn;
  • Sally Fitchett, cello;
  • Ray Smith, (and on some tracks Philip Knowles) p;
  • Alyn Shipton, b;
  • Dave Evans, d.

Tracks:

  1. HILARITY RAG,
  2. SUGAR CANE,
  3. THE ENTERTAINER,
  4. GRACE AND BEAUTY,
  5. THE CASCADES,
  6. KINKLETS,
  7. REINDEER RAG,
  8. CATARACT RAG,
  9. AFRICAN PAS,
  10. MEPHISTO,
  11. ELITE SYNCOPATIONS