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First Eddie Daniels: To Bird with Love with Fred Hersch, John Patitucci and Al Foster

Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3 Now playing: Paul Gonsalves, "Over the Rainbow"

Theobald Boehm Woody Herman ("Blame Boehm") Benny Goodman

OK, but it's a bit complicated. My first Pres was a pair of LPs of Aladdin sides on Liberty/EMI bought in the 1960s with the following sidemen: Vic Dickenson, Dodo Marmarosa, Red Callender, Henry Tucker Green, Howard McGhee, Willie Smith, Wesley Jones, Curtis Counce, Johnny Otis, Joe Albany, Chico Hamilton, Shorts McConnell, Argonne Thornton, Fred Lacey, Rodney Richardson, Lyndell Marshall, Gene DiNovi, Chuck Wayne, Curley Russell, Tiny Kahn, Tex Briscoe and Roy Haynes

Very interesting book, the Ishiguro, for someone with our musical interests.

Muffin the Mule Little Pony Foley

Thomas Crapper Spiggy Topes and the Turds General Yamashita

Courtney Pine Ronald Firbank Lee Konitz

First Kessel album: with Ben Webster, Frank Rosolino, Jimmy Rowles, Leroy Vinnegar and Shelly Manne

Billy Fury Raging Bull Kenneth Anger

Boo Frazier (Dizzy's nephew) Joe Frazier Muhammad Ali

Bob Cooper, Shifting Winds (Affinity/Capitol)

Tosser Bull Wilson Steer Stockyard Channing

Find that somewhere round here, Richard?

First Tadd Dameron: also with Joe Alexander, Henry Coker, John Simmons and Shadow Wilson

First Diz: Have Trumpet, Will Excite! with Junior Mance, Les Spann, Sam Jones and Lex Humphries

Piers Plowman The Tiller Girls Jesse Helms

My first Brookmeyer: with Jimmy Rowles, Buddy Clark and Mel Lewis

My first Jack Sheldon: "Jack Sheldon Quintet" (Jazz West WJWLP-2) with Zoot Sims, Walter Norris, Bob Whitlock, Lawrence Marable. My first Zoot: with Nick Travis, George Handy, Wilbur Ware and Osie Johnson

Carter England William Irish The Prince of Wails Howlin' Wolf Screaming Lord Sutch David Yelland

Britt Ekland Tony Britton Richard English

with Stu Williamson, Bob Enevoldsen, Bud Shank, Jimmy Giuffre, Claude Williamson, Max Bennett, Stan Levey, John Graas, Joe Mondragon and Shelly Manne

Hal Singer Eddie Cantor Chantal Strand

Nice one! My first John Graas was Coup de Graas with Conte Candoli, Art Pepper, Bob Cooper, Buddy Collette, Red Callender, Buddy Clark, Paul Moer, Shelly Manne and Larry Bunker

Go ahead and play your first Mulligan album, Carnivore! (We allow arrangers!)