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Lester Young Leaps Again! (Fontana) Side 1: With Johnny Guarneri, Slam Stewart and Big Sid Catlett in 1943 Side 2: With Buck Clayton, Dickie Wells, Count Basie, Walter Page and Freddie Greene in 1944

Ring Lardner Ben Lyon Bobby Seale

My first Feldman: With Scott LaFaro and Stan Levey

My first Levey: With Richie Kamuca, Conte Candoli, Lou Levy and Monty Budwig

With Vince Guaraldi, Monty Budwig and Stan Levey

Art Pepper Dill Jones Eric Pickles

Keeping out of Thad jones territory, I give you: The friends are Freddie Hubbard, Cecil Bridgewater, Michael Brecker, Gregory Herbert, Hank Jones and Ron Carter.

J Fred Muggs Muggsy Spanier Baby Face Willette

With James Clay, Lorraine Geller and Billy Higgins (just in case you can't read it!)

I seem to remember LP inner sleeves with the legend: THE JAZZ OF AMERICA IS ON VERVE THE WIT OF AMERICA IS ON VERVE

Lets' just discuss' record's.

I'll back that - I couldn't have coped without professional help and it didn't cost much. (Glad you still have internet connection, Tom - or had at 1:20 AM my time!)

William Penn Gene Quill Leonard Feather

I own just one: The Real Lennie Bruce, a Fantasy twofer: Ones I remember enjoying from around 1960 include Mort Sahl, The Future Lies Ahead and George Crater's wonderful jazz humor on Out of My Head on Riverside.

Charlie Chan Chan Canasta Stockard Channing

Dawn Primarolo Louis Prima The Prime Minister ( )

My first album in Clarke's name was Clarke/Boland, All Smiles with Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Jimmy Deuchar, Sonny Grey, Ake Persson, Nat Peck, Eric van Lier, Derek Humble, Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe, Sahib Shihab, Jimmy Woode and Dave Pike. Nice cover, too:

Officially, no, if you pick another date by the leader it should also be a leader date; if you pick a date by a sideman its supposed to be a leader date too, but I'm not quite so sure we should stick with that latter rule. It does open things up if we relax that requirement. Since Colin jumped in while I was searching for an image, I'll work off of him and offer my first Herbie-as-Leader purchase. Without a doubt its the classic Watermelon Man Takin' Off. :blush2: Anyone with a Dex?

Clara Butt Rear Admiral Derick Lawson Badass Budduskey

I think turf here means "relating to horse racing".

Croesus Flush Buddy Rich

Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3 Now playing: Earl Bostic, "Always" (1951)

Thomas Middleton Barry Unsworth Sarah Lancashire

Paul Motian with Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Leroy Jenkins/Sam Brown/Becky Friend Still waitin'!

My first PJJ album: