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Henry Crun Henry Cow Sitting Bull

Angel Eyes Matt Dennis Earl Brent

Max Geldray Ray Ellington Wally Stott

Phil the Greek Swiss Tony Dawn French

Bobby Shew Victor Feldman Marty Feldman

Jean-Claude Van Damme Camper Van Beethoven Vangelis

Bill Perkins Everett Barksdale J S Bach

Wynton Kelly Branford Marsalis (won't mention the brother) Ellis Larkins (won't mention the father)

Robinson Crusoe Moll Flanders Roxana

Bax Becks Posh

Bob Florence Big Band, Westlake (Discovery)

Hamlet Horatio Horatio Silver

Harvey Goldstein Emmanuel Goldstein (Enemy of the People) MG (Where is he?)

I'm surprised he didn't take credit for the Russian Revolution also, and name-drop about sipping cognac with Lenin during the planning stages.

Shorty Rogers (co-composer of "Igor") Red Norvo (co-composer of "Igor") Woody Herman (recorded "Igor")

"Popo", a Shorty Rogers composition and arrangement played by a nonet led by Art Pepper on The Artistry of Pepper. Great achievement to get a nonet, including a tuba, steamin'! On the issued (as opposed to alternative) take the rhythm section of Russ Freeman, Monty Budwig and Shelly Manne sound out of their heads!

Wolfe Tone Fox Mulder Klaus Fuchs

Ronnie Scott John Ireland Irving Welsh

Mike Mantler Mike Manieri Michael Mansfield

H G Wells Freddie Mercury Adam Mars

??????????????????? What's it like? I got this today and has so far only listened to it once. The unfamiliar themes are a great plus. While they are not particularly challenging or otherwise exceptional, they are fun to hear because you can be sure you haven't heard them before. And maybe there's just a slight east European tinge to some of them. Harold Land has one or two strong solos, Feldman is predictably fine on vibes. Zawinul (who plays piano on three tracks) sounds faceless and not too interesting. Solid support from Frank Butler. To sum it up; the album's a bit uneven, but there are a couple of tracks I probably wouldn't want to be without. The sound is slightly bass-shy but otherwise of surprisingly good fidelity. I imagine the idea came from Victor's time in Moscow with the Benny Goodman Orchestra on its State Department-sponsored tour of 1962. Local musicians who jammed with the visitors probably introduced them to these tunes.

Alan Ladd Boy George Kid Thomas

Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3. Now playing: Sonny Rollins, "Slow Boat to China" from This Love of Mine.

Montag Sun Ra Son House

Thanks, Steve! I'll be making use of that facility.