Last month we lost one of the great characters of British jazz and folk music namely Danny Thompson, best known for having been in the late 60s band Pentangle and for his collaborations with John Martyn and Richard Thompson. He played double bass on a mind-blowing number of albums and this show includes some favourites of mine along with tracks from one or two albums which I have only recently discovered by Eric Bibb and Ralph McTell.
I saw Danny about half a dozen times as a member of Richard Thompson's band, sometimes just the two of them, other times with drummers Dave Mattacks or Michael Jerome and the multi-instrumentalist Pete Zorn.
So farewell Danny and thanks for all the music played on the instrument described in the sleeve notes to Ian McNabb's 1998 ...Emotional Party album as "circa 1860 Grand French swell-backed double bass 'Victoria'".
John Martyn & Danny Thompson - Sweet Little Mystery
Richard Thompson - Easy There, Steady Now
Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson - Big Chimney
Ian McNabb - Little Princess
Marianne Faithfull - Sally Free and Easy
Pentangle - I've Got A Feeling
Nick Drake - Three Hours
Ralph McTell - Take It Easy
Kate Bush - Watching You Without Me
Eric Bibb, North Country Far & Danny Thompson - You Really Got Me
Blind Boys of Alabama - Jesus Gonna Be Here
The Richard Thompson Acoustic Trio - Al Bowlly's In Heaven
Bert Jansch - Kittiwake
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