BillF

A very "in" record in about 1964 when I was a student at Leeds University.

Just read a review of it in the Guardian. Very much your sort of book, I'd say, David.

And now for Lester's little kiddies. (Recorded 1949-52. Let's not be pedantic about the date, eh?)

Yes, indeed! Love the tracks with a boppish young Junior Mance plus Roy Haynes. So many later-to-be-notable pianists passed through the ranks of Lester's little bands. Horace Silver in his autobiography recalls his apprenticeship there and how Prez called him "Horacescope"

Fully agree. I had an early introduction to Blues Express at the age of 19 when I was blown away by "Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud" on a Radio Luxembourg broadcast. (BBC was never too keen on jazz- the devil's music, you know)

Now playing:

Eddie "Lockdown" Davis, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore".

Those Don Lamond bombs!!!

Gerry Mulligan Quartet, "As Catch Can"

They must have been further back than I thought.

Aways found her a bit old hat. Preferred Jewel & Warriss.

Yes, knew lots of those from radio and TV. I notice the old-style phone number - Gerrard 7373. Ronnie Scott's "old place", which I knew a lot better than the Frith Street premises and which hosted so many American greats, was of course in Gerrard Street.

Yes, he had to point out in the broadcast that this was another Joe Henderson. Ronnie, though, was on his best behaviour for the BBC. V few wisecracks - more's the shame!

Yes indeed.

Saw him in Leeds in the 60s in a small club and sat a few feet in front of him with my bassist friend Danny Padmore. Danny, intrigued by Lee's Tristanoesque improvisations on standards was impelled to sing a few licks himself. Lee took the horn out of his mouth and sang a few back! I guess there was a connection between them as Danny was taught bass by leading Tristanoite Peter Ind, then teaching at Leeds College of Music.