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The Replicant Dolly The Boys from Brazil

Rip Van Winkle Don Rendell Doll Tearsheet

Slim Dusty The Grimethorpe Colliery Band The Filthistan Trio

The Man in the Moon The Lady in the Lake The Devil in the Details

Molly O Sandra Oh 'O'

William Pitt Styx Hooper Ralph Charon

Mutt Carey Mother Carey Her Chickens

Ethel Merman Phil Seaman Harriet Tubman

Moondog Fred Katz Mehitabel

Spring-heeled Jack Jack-in-the-Hedge Jack-o-Lantern

Carol Reed Reed Mulligan Mick Mulligan

Some of those are overlaps of name who appear on the same track. But it seems quite popular! ************* Sauntering back and forth across Chelsea Bridge: Ben Webster - Played three versions back to back. All gorgeous, thought the 1957 version (on 'The Soul of...') made least impression. The version with strings (and Strayhorn on piano and arrangement) sounded amazing - surprised me as I'm usually a bit iffy about jazz and strings. The sound canvass was very deep. Then the version with Gerry Mulligan which really benefits from the contrast between the two horns; some lovely, yet very restrained, counter melodies from Mullligan in the opening and closing. Kenny Burrell - Off the first volume of his Ellington albums. Given a slightly Latin feel - nice version with a half a chorus Burrell solo. Sounds very much of the 70s - the way the bass is recorded. Louis Stewart and Heiner Franz - Very beautiful version - two guitars bringing out the harmonic richness, not straying far from the original in pace or feel. Each guitarist takes a solo during the second chorus - I'd guess its Stewart in the main section, Franz in the bridge, then back to the written arrangement for the lasst few bars. Ella Fitzgerald and the Duke Ellington Orchestra - From the 'Songbook'. A wordless vocal that keeps the mystery of the original. The percussion gives it all a twilight in the jungle feel; some lovely clarinet rising out of the orchestra and then a tenor rips in, very different to Webster. Gonsalves? Tina May - With so many female jazz vocalists over here, Tina May often gets overlooked. She's probably too jazz-rooted to make the crossover successfully. This is probably the bleakest of all the versions that I've listened to. She's accompanied by the Britten Quartet (arranged by Colin Towns). Very slow, very wide-awake at 3 in the morning with your world falling down around you. Not sure where the lyric is from - did Strayhorn write one? Absolutely spine-tingling coda. Worth chasing down. The NDR Big Band - A fairly conventional big band version with tenor player sounding like a strange mix of Webster, Gonsalves and Archie Shepp! Comes across as much more of a blues than normal. Very nice piano from Walter Norris. Tomasz Stanko sweeps in towards the end, sounding more Cootie Williams than Tomasz Stanko! Would be interesting to hear him do this in his own quartet - would suit his bleak approach. A smattering of vibes before the tenor takes the piece out with band and piano playing up the blues again. Arrangement by Francy Boland. One of the most beautiful and original workings is that by Tom Talbert on his album 'Duke's Domain' A gorgeous treatment by a band of the best players on the West Coast.

Furry Lewis Frank Skinner Bobby Flay

Shelley Duvall Brewster McCloud René Auberjonois

Ally Sheedy Dave Pike Kilburn and the High Roads

Kelly from the Emerald Isle The Gentleman from America The Lurker at the Threshold

Natty Bumpo Natty Dominique The Singing Nun

Heinie Beau Arsène Lupin Danielle Derrière

Jack O'Lantern The Old Lamplighter Flash Harrry

Sol Schlinger Percy Thrower Michael Hurll

Dick Armey Percy Sillitoe The Junkman

Yes Tesch was a marvelous player whose ideas and execution were way beyond those of his contemporaries - at least on record. It's also interesting to contemplate what someone as gifted as Bunny Berigan might have given us if he'd kicked the booze and survived into the LP era. Imagine the Buck Clayton Jam Sessions with Bunny as well!

Rightsaid Fred Fred Nurk Henry Krun

Richie Kamuca definitely. I wish we could have heard how Chu Berry evolved into the 40s and 50s and I would have liked to have much more of Herschel Evans. Zoot died too soon also.

Jeremy Irons Lord Copper Zinky Cohen