Down By The Old Mill Stream
ROGER MARKS AND HIS MAINSTREAMERS

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	TRACKS	MUSICIANS
1	I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me	Roger Marks - trombone
2	'Til There Was You	Julian Marc Stringle - reeds
3	It Had To Be You	Craig Milverton - piano
4	C'est Si Bon	Clive Morton - double bass
5	Down By The Old Mill Stream	Gordon Clarke - drums
6	Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
7	Blueberry Hill
8	Time After Time
9	Our Love Is Here To Stay
10	Begin The Beguine
11	The Way You Look Tonight
12	Fly Me To The Moon
13	I'll See You In My Dreams

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Down By The Old Mill Stream

It has been in my mind for a couple of years now to make another mainstream recording. The last issue of this genre was 'A Flight Of Fancy' (Raymer Sound RSCD769) and the five years since its making have simply shot by. I think I must have been dragging my feet for the want of some inspiration to prod me into action.

Fate always plays its part and it was in September 2006 when, as a member of an all-star line-up at Lichfield (courtesy of Don Reynolds, promoter) I found myself on stage with the wonderfully gifted Julian Marc Stringle, a musician whom I had first heard and greatly admired when reviewing a Digby Fairweather CD for the 'Just Jazz' magazine.

Once having pencilled him into my dream line-up the rest was relatively straightforward - simply to invite the best instrumentalists known to me on piano, bass and drums to join the party.

Pianist Craig Milverton is a marvellously talented musician who, I am proud to say, served some time in The Roger Marks Quartet in his formative years before moving on to more exalted company.

Another member of that quartet was Gordon Clarke and it is true to say that I have yet to encounter a better drummer in all the forty years that I have been playing.

My musical liaisons with Clive Morton have been few and far between but a recent chance meeting with him at a Weston-super-Mare jazz week-end served to remind me that Clive is my favourite bass player - he is not the least bit flamboyant or showy, just right on the money all the time.

The listener will probably notice that the tunes all have a romantic connection; this is actually quite deliberate. In my project notes for the CD I have always referred to it as the 'love album', but that is another story. Suffice it to say that if you find the music sonorous, melodic, emotionally engaging or simply pleasant on the ear, then that will do nicely.

Roger Marks Feb 2007

This recording is dedicated to the memory of my beloved late wife Sue

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DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM
Roger Marks and His Mainstreamers
Raymer Sound RSCD867 2007

Recorded at Seven Stars Studio, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth on January 17 & 18 2007.
Recorded and produced by Raymer Sound (Tel/Fax 01823 662160)
Mixed by Neil Raybould and Roger Marks
Cover photograph - Julie Moore
Personnel photographs - Gordon Clarke G.P.T.C.
Artwork design and lay-up - Raymer Graphics

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