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Squawk this way

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Frankie Ford “You Talk Too Much” (Courtesy of Uncle Gil)

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The kind you don’t take home to mother

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Brian, Keith, Charlie, Mick and Bill “Collector’s Only” (Decca 211035, Mono) (Courtesy of Rockalain)

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Night winds

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I’m all about the Brazilian records lately.   Here’s another old one from a site called Bossa-Brazileria

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Bare bones

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“Sliding Easy” with the CURTIS FULLER SEXTET.   What an amazing line up:   LEE MORGAN. HANK MOBLEY. TOMMY FLANAGAN. PAUL CHAMBERS. ELVIN JONES.   Arrangements by:   BENNY GOLSON & GIGI GRYCE.     United Artists.   (1959)

  1. Down home
  2. C.T.A.
  3. When lights are low
  4. I wonder Where our love has gone
  5. Bongo bop
  6. Bit of heaven
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It was a graveyard smash

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“At the Monster Ball”   The Vampires   United Artists (1964).   Compositions by Milton DeLugg. Read about and find downloads here at Scarstuff

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Samba sushi

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Another nice one from Sabadabada.

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Dog gone

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Lightning Hopkins on Kent Records.   “Original Folk Blues”   From the collection of Rockalain.

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Pink elephants

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Johnny Bond   “Here Come the Elephants”   From the collection of Uncle Gil.

Pink Elephants and drunken visions.   Here are the top 100 drinking songs.

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Birds of a feather

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The Gerry Mulligan Quartet “Reunion” with Chet Baker. World Pacific Records

Mulligan (BS), Baker (T), Henry Grimes (B), Dave Bailey (D) (1957)

The Mulligan-Baker group of 1952-53 was one of the best and most popular jazz ensembles of the fifties (even without a piano!). This reunion session was one of the few times the two leaders recorded together afterwards.

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Hat trick

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