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Prudence Kitten Sex Kitten B B King

Just finished J G Ballard's last novel, Kingdom Come. Now starting The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers.

Ugly Betty Betty Boo Boots Mussulli

Lenin Lennon McCartney

Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (Contemporary)

Bill Hardman Dave Tough Benny the Bouncer

Stone Roses Happy Mondays Inspiral Carpets

Supersax, Chasin' the Bird (MPS)

Happy Cauldwell Lucky Thompson Bright Moments

Charlie Chan Yardbird Rooster Ties

Worth mentioning, too, is the Gene Krupa Orchestra of 1946-47 playing Gerry Mulligan's arrangements of "How High the Moon" and "Disc Jockey Jump". These and ten other Mulligan arrangements from those years can be heard on Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (Verve) recorded in 1958 and featuring Phil Woods. (To my ears, though, they lack the bop-era fire of those two earlier tracks.)

W C Handy Captain John Handy Handy Andy

John Gilmore Sun Ra Ra

Thanks!

Gene Quill William Penn Laszlo Biro

I love big band bop and have in my collection tracks by the orchestras from the second half of the forties of Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Barnet and Benny Goodman. Ghost of Miles did a show a couple of years ago called "Bop Go the Big Bands", with some other great tracks which I don't own, but I haven't been able to locate it in his Night Lights archives. Perhaps he'll provide a link if he reads this.

Lady Windermere Kai Winding Sandra Blow

Freddie Hubbard, Red Clay (Deezer)

Puss in Boots Cat Anderson Gato Barbieri

Charlie Ventura Gusty Spence George Gale

Ava Gardner Avi Cohen Ave Maria

Swervin' Mervin Steady Eddie Shakin' Stevens

Flanagan and Allen Allen Lowe Lerner and Loewe

Zeppo Gummo Chewy

Bill Gates Slam Stewart Eddie Locke