Leprechaun

I couldn't find it in my copy (5th edition) but I did see that there's a lot more Columbia material available now than when I had "all" the albums in the 60s. So who's to say? I wouldn't argue one way or another; my post was just to join some others here in letting you know that you're not alone in the way it sounds to you. What I like about hearing things like this is it inspires me to revisit music and listen for something I hadn't heard before. Once I'd got it in my head that I liked Charlie Rouse's playing better than any other saxist with Monk, that's all I would ever hear until someone like AllenLowe comes along and gets me to go back and listen to the Coltrane sessions with fresh ears. It may or may not change my mind, but either way, it'll usually enhance my appreciation.

Thanks jazzshrink. So it was a player piano - of sorts. Wild. Teasing, I love Dick Hyman. I just picked him cuz he does such a great job of playing the old styles; his Jelly Roll Morton album on Columbia is one of my all time faves. Tho I don't mean to imply that I (or that he would himself) think he could "re-perform" Art Tatum. Maybe Oscar Peterson could have, but that would be covered in my second guess, after Victrola. I hadn't heard of Electric Eclectics before. Ordinarily a title like that would put me off, but if it's by Dick Hyman, I might agree with your assessment. I'd certainly like to hear it - have to see if I can track it down.

That's a new one on me. I've always thought his best playing was on the Columbia Recordings.

HUH? I have no idea what they did. What the hell is a "re-performance" ? A Victrola on stage? A corpse propped up at a piano? Dick Hyman doing Tatum? A player piano? A time machine? Those must be the weirdest liner notes since Sun Ra. Or Harry Smith.