Royal Oak

Joel Cantona Eric Douglas Don Swayze

Brian Little Brian Kidd David "Kid" Jensen

"All Alone" from Thelonious Himself. Don't know what it is about this track.

Benny Hill Benny from Crossroads Miss Diane

Barry Meadow Barry Hills Billy The Mountain

Herb Geller David Mellor Keith Deller

Uncle Meat Uncle Fester Man From UNCLE

Where would you have gone after Michael Foot?

That looks like what we'd call a Willow Tit in the UK. Is it one and the same? I actually thought it was a coal tit at first look, but the RSPB website put me right. I have in my garden a collection of humble (but still great) British garden birds - house sparrows, blackbirds, starlings, magpies, blue tits, a solitary robin, jackdaws (on the chimney stack) and housemartins. Quite a collection really, considering I didn't think there was much going on in my garden when I saw this thread.

Michael Foot Neil Kinnock Roy Hattersley

Aussie Rules Roscoe Rules Spermwhale Whalen

No, but I once ordered a copy of "The Best of Dobie Gray" for my mum and sent it to the wrong address.

Testifying from the album of the same name, by the Larry Young trio. Amen

David Duchovny Terence Philip

Frank Bough Selina Scott David Frost

Buck Rogers Ted Rogers Dusty Bin

King Kong The Idiot Bastard Son Harry You're A Beast

Dussabinado

Fiery Fred Big Bird Whispering Death

First of all, thanks Steven. I really enjoyed this disc! I don't have too many guesses but here goes: 1 - The alto sounds a bit like Dolphy to me. Not being a big fan of Dolphy (I listen when I have to, so don't have much), I wouldn't be too confident though. 2 -Absolutely no idea. Quite nice though. 3 - "Pannonica" - the trumpet put me in mind of Art Farmer 4 - Again, no idea. Too free for me, didn't like it. 5 - I'm a bit cloth-eared when it comes to flute players - all the flute in my collection seems to be played by sax players doubling up. Having said that, I REALLY liked this, and am keen to hear more. 6 - I thought this sounded like Stan Getz. 7 - Stephane Grappelli? 8 - The first soloist reminded me of Hank Mobley. Did he do any of those two tenors dates? No idea about the second tenor. 9 - This is a bit of a guess, but it sounds a bit like Jean Luc Ponty. Thought because of the electrification and the French connection. I've never heard Ponty play jazz, only Zappa, so like I say, a guess. 10 - Is the trumpet Kenny Dorham? Tenor player sounds familiar - I feel I should recognise him, given his distinctive tone. 11 - No idea 12 - I recognised this from the first note - Pepper Adams! I love this record - "Encounter!", with Zoot Sims and Tommy Flanagan. 13 - Haven't listened to many organ players, so couldn't say. 14 - "All The Things You Are" - I confess I saw MG's post on this one and the rubato opening had me expecting Hampton Hawes. I was expecting the rhythm section to kick in swinging at any time, but it never happened. Don't think it is Hamp myself, no idea who though.

Pony and Trap Gypsy's Kiss Joddrell Bank (A bit scatological, but that's what came into my head)

Kurt Weill Kurt Cobain Curt reply

Eugene Krabs Plankton Squidward Tentacle

That's the type of vibe I'm hoping for, thanks! It's becoming ridiculously difficult to track this type of music down..anything a little off-center. Hard to believe 10 years ago BN released the complete Gil Melle; if i'd only known then what i know now.... I bought "Patterns" years ago, and it sat virtually unlistened until last year. When I rediscovered it, I bought the OJC "Primitive Modern/Quadrama" (think it's a very similar line-up of musicians but don't quote me as the CD itself is in the attic). I didn't like that one as much as "Patterns", but, inspired by this thread, I'll try again.

It's my favourite Gil Melle album, for what it's worth. Nice tunes, swings, has that "Jimmy Giuffre 3" vibe.