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Jelly Roll Morton Swiss Toni Gato Barbieri (geddit?)

Agreed! That one was a winner - and very little noticed, too.

Pebbles Chris Rock Joseph Stones

Happy Birthday!

"Paris Noir: African American Jazz Musicians in France" on Night Lights from WFIU

The Band on the Wall Bandersnatch Warrington Minge

Tiresias Michelin Man Pierre Michelot

Lebron James Bill Stegmeyer Tyra Banks Robin Banks John Dillinger Bonnie and Clyde

Long John Baldry Eyre Coote Charlotte Bronte

Durium Bobby Durham Baldur

Frederick Horniman Kenneth Horne Peeter Cornet

Humphrey Lyttleton Johnny Lytle Alice Liddell The Mad Hatter Derek Hatton Andy Capp

Eraserhead Edward Rubbra Eddie Condon

Samuel Barber Bronson M Cutting Alberta Clipper

Reptet Newt Gingrich Ken Livingstone

Happy Birthday, Victor!

Must try that one. Just finished this:

The Franklin The Pardoner The Reeve

I read that one of Ellington's players in the 1940s left the band and slept for a year! I know it's an exaggeration, but still. I am tired after a week on the road, I can't imagine 3 years! When Lawrence Brown got close to 65, he retired from the Ellington band (around 1970 or '71, I believe), went home, put his trombone behind his sofa, and apparently never played it again. Lawrence Brown's very lengthy period of employment with Ellington no doubt put him in the position financially to do that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Brown_(musician) When I saw Shorty Rogers with the British National Youth Jazz Orchestra in 1982, it was said that he'd been persuaded to come out of retirement spent largely on his yacht in California. His Wikipedia entry suggests that music commissions, other than jazz, had been continuing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_Rogers

Sweet William Just William Poire William

Freddie Starr (Ate My Hamster) Freddie Mercury Adam Mars

Francy Boland Anatole France Roland Rat Gene Roland Tiny Roland Tiny Grimes Peter Grimes George Crabbe

Francy Boland Anatole France

The Invisible Man The Man Who Wasn't There The Man Who Never Was

J Arthur Rank Paul Anka The Barclay Brothers