Bolly would-be Elvis
Antony Villa “Superstar from the Far East Sings a Special Tribute to Elvis”
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“Ternura” Phil Green and his Orchestra Coral Records (Her hand looks messed up and she has bad skin)
(37 votes, average: 3.14 out of 5) Loading ...Keeping up with the Jones’
“Mad Thad” Leonard Feather presents Thad Jones Period Records NYC, January 6, 1957
Thad Jones (tp) Henry Coker (tb -2,3) Frank Wess (ts, fl) Tommy Flanagan (p) Eddie Jones (b) Elvin Jones (d) with Frank Foster, Jimmy Jones, Doug Watkins, Jo Jones, Quincy Jones
Bird Song, Cat Meets Chick, Quiet Sip
Late 1956 and early 1957 found Thad Jones in the midst of a rewarding flurry of recording activity. During time off from Basie, however, Jones poured his energy into composing, arranging, and playing with fires of creativity that led Charles Mingus to call him “the greatest trumpet that I’ve heard in this life.” For Mad Thad, Jones recruited a few of his favorite Basie colleagues and a Basie veteran, drummer Jo Jones. For one session, he brought in his brother Elvin on drums and another fellow Detroiter, pianist Tommy Flanagan. Fully justifying Mingus’s enthusiasm, Jones played at the top of his game of melodic and harmonic invention. His compositions included a blues line that quickly became a jazz standard, “Bird Song.” – Concord Records
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‘Homemade Band” by Hap Palmer Teaching generations of toddlers how to keep rhythm. (Courtesy of Way Back Now! Let’s Go)
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Honky cat
Illustration by New Yorker cartoonist William Steig who did others in the Epic In Jazz Series. Here’s “Lester Leaps In” and other swing classics by The Count Basie Orchestra with “the Pres” Lester Young.
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The World Beyond Death A Sermon by Harold Henniger
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Fabulous New Organ Sounds of Dave “MR. TALENT” Fredericks Circo Records Dave looks like a very tired Desi Arnez.
Please Hold Your Applause
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“New Tricks…” Bing Crosby with Buddy Cole and His Trio Decca Records
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“Go Ape with The Knockouts” on Tribute Records. A Jersey group lead by singer Bob D’Adrea, who went on to form a comedy duo called Andre and Cirell which still performs around the Jersey Shore. A fan remembers: “My friends and I used to go to a place called Luciano’s on the East-bound side of Rte-46 in Lodi, NJ (commonly known back then as “sin strip.”). This was back in 1962-1964. The Knockouts were the featured group playing in what was a “Mafia” nightclub. It had its’ share of small and big-time mobsters with names like, Chokes, Jerry Chokes to be polite or I suppose, Mr. Chokes. Butcher, the Claw, Notch, John the Walk, Sali Burns and many others that I have long since forgotten. Their names were a representation of the specific service they performed. Many of these colorful characters had been deported from Manhattan to New Jersey for reasons of their health. Luciano’s (mysteriously) burned down in the 1970’s. “
“Clubs in those days were different from today’s. You couldn’t get in without a suit and tie. We use to sit at the bar and engage in our two favorite sports. Drinking 7&7’s or CC & water and trying to score with the babes. You had to be very careful on the last item. If you got too friendly with a “wise-guy’s” main squeeze it could prove painful.
Of course, the Knockout’s biggest hit was “Darling Lorraine”. However a favorite they performed at every gig was an Elvis Presley tune called: “I don’t have a wooden heart”.
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