Ted Heath Euphoria ! (CD)

(Jasmine Records) 24 tracks

Ted Heath takes the stage. Of particular note are the six tracks that comprise Fats Waller's “London Suite”, beginning with “Chelsea”. Composed by Waller during his visit to England in 1939, Heath's recordings were the first time they were fully orchestrated, with Eric Jupp arranging three of them (“Limehouse”, “Piccadilly”, “Soho”), the others by Alan Bristow (“Chelsea”), Reg Briggs (“Whitechapel”) and Bruce Campbell (“Bond Street”).