Everyone knows that the 1960s, the decade in which London swung as never before, were the Golden Era of Ronnie Scott's club, the tiny bolthole of a basement that had swiftly gone from a strictly parochial phenomenon to an international marker on the jazz map. What s less well-known, largely thanks to his own diffidence about recording, is that this was also the time in which Scott the player hit his peak. These previously unreleased sessions from 1964-66 find him helming his own quartet - a band praised by critics of the time as a powerful combo creating full-blooded, exciting jazz - in three distinct t settings; live in Manchester (supporting jazz superstars the Dave Brubeck Quartet); in the studio; and accompanying a very special guest, the iconic American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. Rarely has Scott been heard to better advantage, his playing throughout these sets bringing his legend back to vivid, hard-swinging and passionately communicative life.

1. Sweet and Lovely
2. Sweet Lotus Blossom
3. You Are My Heart s Delight
4. Close Your Eyes
5. Waltz for Debby
6. Music That Makes Me Dance/When She Makes Music
7. The Night Is Young
8. I ll Be Seeing You
9. Close Your Eyes
10. What s New?
11. Avalon