Zoot Money & His Big Roll Band - A Big Time Operator. Dble CD. (Castle - CMDDD1219) Detailed and expansive compilation of the works of a true 'face' of the UK 60s music scene, rivalled only maybe by Brian Auger and Georgie Fame in his reputation as a master of groovin' Rn'B and psychedelic Hammond jazz. Disc 1, and the first 10 tracks of Disc 2, are the real megillah: 100 percent hard and fast Mod rhythm and blues the way that Meaden described it, played by the classic Big Roll Band lineup of Zoot, Andy Summers, Colin Allen, Paul Williams (not the American pianist), Herbie Goins, Nick Newall, Johnny Almond (later a Bluesbreaker) and Geoff Condon, recorded live in the ballrooms of London in 1965 and 1966. Close your eyes and smell the bubblegum!! The other tracks on Disc 2 are from Money's solo career circa 1972, and also from the 1995 Alexis Korner Memorial Concert, where not one ounce of Zoot's exuberance has diminished. Musicians on these cuts include Colin Hodgkinson (later of Back Door and, er, Whitesnake) jazz supremos Ray Warleigh and Alan Skidmore (the latter of whom was of course later known for Kate Bush's "Saxophone Song") and Tim Franks. Liner notes and interviews conducted by David Wells, and the booklet includes "rare ephemera".

Zoot Money & His Big Roll Band - Best. CD. (Repertoire Records - REP5027) The big Roll Band's blend of raunchy R&B and Funky Soul was perfect for the club goers of the swinging '60's. This compilation brings together nineteen of their best singles and albums tracks as well as some live material.

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