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Billy Ocean Saul Bellow Virginia Bottomley

Slim Gaillard Slam Stewart Bam Brown

Milt Jackson Quartet (OJC/Prestige) With Horace Silver, Percy Heath and Connie Kay in 1955.

My favorite Roth is Goodbye, Columbus from the beginning of his career, but if you like The Human Stain I recommend American Pastoral.

A B Spellman The Wizard of Oz Sorcerer

Beautiful photos, aloc! Move over Monet!

Bebop Spoken Here from KBCS Now playing: Freddie Hubbard/Woody Shaw, "Sandu"

In the period 1946-50 when I was aged 6 to 10, some of the hit tunes that came out of the radio were decidedly boppish; "Open the Door Richard", "The Woody Woodpecker's Song" and Nellie Lutcher's "Hurry on Down to My Place". They probably prepared the way for my addiction to Charlie Parker from the age of 18!

Geoge Duke Earl Hines Bean

Art Attack Queen of Hearts Billy Hart

Baby Spice Justin Thyme Sergeant Pepper

Foxy Lady Maynard the Fox Cubby Broccoli

Wings Bird Hawk

Happy Birthday!

Rude Boys Ruud Gullit Deep Throat

Jimmy Woode Chips Channon George Joyner

Yes, thanks, should have mentioned him as well. Bill, that Hep CD (BENNY'S BOP) that I used for the show should still be available, if you're interested--it's a good complement to UNDERCURRENT BLUES. I think the Click CD is pretty hard to find these days (at least for a reasonable price). Thanks, David.

Steady Eddie Swervin' Mervyn Merchant Banker

Chick Corea, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Spotify)

Roy Kral Jackie Cain Miss Whiplash

Helmut Kohl Cole Porter Michael Portillo

Yes, I've got that one. You can hear him learning the middle eight of "Four Brothers" as he goes along!

Marge Homer Virgil

"Pecker" means "courage" in Britain and has no penile connotations. Wow, so in England you could actually tell someone it was time to screw their pecker to the sticking-post? Not quite. But "Keep your pecker up" is often heard!

Nat Gonella Adam Ant Buggsy Malone