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The Blue Angel The Blue Devils Cruella de Vil

This seems to confirm what you're saying: http://www.jazzdisco.org/herbie-hancock/discography/

Toby Jugg J Fred Muggs Armand Hug

Badass Buddusky The Bad Plus Plas Johnson

I remember seeing them on Japanese vinyl (all with bluish cover picture of Mulligan in tartan jacket) the very last time I visited Dobells in its final resting place in Covent Garden. I didn't buy. They were very expensive imports and the vinyl quality was said to be poor.

Let's not talk too much about "West Coast". Shorty Rogers was born in Massachusetts, came up through the Woody Herman Orchestra and had a profound admiration for Basie and Harry Edison.

Peter Sellers (geddit?) Colin Sell Samantha

I really like the four big band tracks - such a big sound and those unmistakable Shorty Rogers voicings!

Leroy Vinnegar Vin Diesel Motorhead

Little Drummer Boy Buddy Rich Poor Butterfly

That's a nice album which I've had on an RCA CD for several years. Time to give it another spin!

The Outlaw Josie Wales Moby Dick MumsMobley

Late arriving birthday present: Fishwick/Roberts/Basile Sextet, In the Empire State Mike LeDonne,The Groover Quartet Eric Alexander, The Real Thing

The Brighton Strangler Stranger on the Shore Sandie Shaw

Nick Leeson Hal Crook Jack Shepherd

Agreed, it does look 20thC. John Sell Cotman who painted English landscapes at that time was even more so. Can't manage to post a pic - check him out on Google Images. And also try "Thomas Jones painter", a Welshman in Naples in the 18thC, who seems to anticipate Cézanne.

Lazy Ade Monsborough George Lazenby Steve Lacey

Bollinger Bolsheviks Armchair Socialists Couch Potatoes

Rapper Jack the Ripper Grim Reaper

The Big Noise from Winnetka John Bangs Sidney Rumbelow

Of course, we are of different generations, Bev. In about 1972 when I was 32 and teaching in an art college, a 17-year-old student made a valiant attempt to get me to listen to King Crimson. I could hear it had something, but my jazz roots were already planted too deep after 15 years of listening to permit of alternatives.

Know nothing about the music, but they clearly had someone taking care of business in the album design department.

Streaming please.