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Whaling sax

“There She Blows!”   The Dayton Selby Trio featuring Willene Barton.   Hollywood Records.

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Maxted out!

“SwingaBILLYty”     The Versatile Music of Billy Maxted and his Manhattan Jazz Band.   K&H Records

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Drawn together

“Inside Sauter-Finegan” A common, yet remarkable Jim Flora cover on RCA Records. (1954) This is Sauter-Finegan’s first 12-inch LP. It was packaged with a gatefold cover of a sort peculiar to RCA Victor at the time – the record is removed from an opening at the inside spine of the spread-open cover. There was no danger of a record falling out of one of these covers.   Here you can buy the T-Shirt!

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“And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar”

“Mr. Piano Man” The Music of Joe Sullivan. Down Home Records. Bold illustration from the master David Stone Martin!

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Indian giver

Jim Flora illustrates the cover of “Redskin Romp” by Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra.     RCA Victor.   (1954)

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Jazz for People Who Hate Jazz

RCA Victor

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Jive For Five

“Jive for Five” The Bill Holman and Mel Lewis Quintet. On ANDEX is Stereophonic Sound. A swinging West Coast Jazz album featuring Bill Holman (tenor saxophone); Mel Lewis (drums); Lee Katzman (trumpet); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Wilford Middlebrook (bass). Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California on June 6, 1958. Includes liner notes by John Tynan. Featuring these songs: “Out of this World”, “Mah Lindy Lou,” “Liza,” “Beat Generation,” “502 Blues Theme” and “Jive for Five.”

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Cassino royale

Cass Simpson, Traditional Piano Stylist   Paramount Records   Illustration by Bud Weil.

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A smoke between sets

Baltimore Jazz by The Pier Five Jazz Band

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Chest fever

Canadienne Roger Frechette.   “Sexy Sax”

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