BillF

Yes, I remember disparaging reviews of Cannonball which saw him both as a Bird copycat and as a coarsener of Bird's art. In retrospect we can see that Cannonball was a great artist of a later generation than Bird, with a wonderful brash swagger to his playing which was all his own and quite in keeping with the way the music was going in the late fifties, when he was a partner in the innovations of Miles, Coltrane and Bill Evans.

Caldonia Igor Lady McGowan

Augustus John Blue Lou Thomas Crapper

Julian Priester Walter Bishop Jr T S Monk

Ian Carr Minnie Driver Richard Gere

Camper Van Beethoven Eugene Chadbourne Mr Chad

cool! looking forward to that record even more then... can't watch it from work, but is that him? Yes, that's him! However did you find that, Nico? Thanks, I shall be sending that on to other friends.

Leonard Cheshire Sarah Lancashire Eddie Durham

Cracker Robbie Coltrane Alice Coltrane

Interesting! Is that the one with my old friend Danny Padmore on bass? that's the one! had never heard of it, always thought "ray warleigh's first album" was his only one and was pretty excited to see there was another album, and even on cd for a nice price... http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Way-Tommy-Chas...2180&sr=8-1 it's not yet here but i will pay special attention to the bass playing Great! Danny and I were part of the Leeds jazz scene in the 1960s, together with Brian Priestley, Dave Cliff and Peter Ind - who gave Danny invaluable bass lessons. Danny is still playing, though I think the record you've bought was his only time in the recording studio.

Albert Pierrepoint Piers Plowman Joan Plowright

Interesting! Is that the one with my old friend Danny Padmore on bass?

Ffion Hague Al Haig Walter Bishop Jr

Putin Mario Puzo Super Mario

Nardis Budo Jeru

Bebop Spoken Here from KBCS. Now playing: Stan Getz, "Evening in Paris". Wonderful Getz which I've never heard before, followed by a piano solo which sounds mightily like Victor Feldman. Must try to identify/track down this one. Can anyone help?

Murphy Watt Molloy

More likely British Telecom

John Hicks Kenny Barron McCoy Tyner

D H Lawrence T S Eliot E M Forster

Now that looks interesting! I love his arrangements for the Goodman orchestra during the years when Benny embraced bop.

Terence Blanchard Blanche Dubois Michael Weiss

Otis Spann Dee Dee Bridgewater e e cummings

Otis Candy Finch Mark Nightingale Bill Crow

Spinning Chet Baker/Art Pepper, Playboys reminds me that the late Phil Urso should get a mention here.