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Gene "Honeybear" Cedric Winnie the Pooh Stinker Murdoch

Jazz Library from BBC Radio 3: Erroll Garner

Max Clifford Max Factor General Factotum

Well, that looks like a good 'un!

Percy Thrower Liz Hurley Lobachevsky

Still with Sherlock Holmes, this time The Sign of Four.

Barbie and Ken Ken Peplowski alocispepraluger

I'll try again - still works. Chester Gould Ray Goulding Bob Elliott Eliott Ness Monster Raving Loony Party Stout Party

Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan, Two of a Mind (French RCA)

Chester Calman Earl of Chesterfield Chester Drawers

As related in the "How Did You Get Into Jazz" thread, I moved in the course of about a year (1956-57) from contemporary pops (then rock 'n roll) to contemporary popular jazz (Lyttelton's "Bad Penny Blues") and only then on to the jazz of New Orleans recorded in the 20s. But the modern jazz which I next moved to was then (1958) very much current. The fact that jazz was a living contemporary force in my youth (c.1957-61 is often called the "jazz boom") means that my answer to your question will have a different emphasis from a response from anyone who first came to jazz after the era of The Beatles.

Hank Mobley, No Room for Squares (Blue Note)

Ivan Skavinsky Skavar Abdul Abulbul Amir Frank Crumit

Friendly Chap Junior Wells Guitar Junior Johnny Guitar Banjo Paterson Sir Fretful Plagiary

Nigel Planer Jimmy Nail Vice Squad The Squadronaires Sebastian Flyte Jet Harris

Nervo and Knox Sandra Blow Jan Hammer

Like that one!

Fatty Arbuckle Steve Lacy Red Buttons

Count Basie Jam '75 A Norman Granz extravaganza from Montreux involving a disparate group of musicians whose main thing in common seemed to be their star status: Eldridge, Griffin, Milt Jackson, Basie, NHOP and Bellson. High point: extraordinary - and, to me, unexpected - rapport between the Count and NHOP, 46 years his junior. I think I read somewhere that Basie asked NHOP to join the orchestra, but he refused. An understandable invitation, as he seemed to have quite as much impact on his own as Freddie Green plus a bassist! Low point: lengthy introduction by Nat Hentoff, read to camera from a written script!

Garbage Man Steptoe Son Son House Pancho Villa Bert Flatley

I'm not religious by inclination, but were I, I'd do the same.

Cleo Henry O Henry Ah Mr Jelly

Piglet Al Porcino George Gruntz

Balou Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are Simon Bolivar

Marathon Man Road Runner Mr Walker