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Swiss Kriss Cascara Sagrada The Running Man

My first Pres as leader - (in spite of the title I consider it Lester's album) ) was Jazz Giants '56 - bought new that year. Roy, Vic, Teddy, Gene Ramey, Jo Jones - made the day before Pres and Teddy

The Yama Yama Man THe Hot Tamale Man The Muffin Man

First Ben Webster: 'Ben Webster & Don Byas - Two Kings of the Tenor Sax' Commodore Marlowe Morris, John Simmons, Sid Catlett on the Websters; the Byas have Teddy Wilson and Slam Stewart - and Hot Lips Page, Earl Bostic, B.G. Hammond, Clyde Hart, Al Lucas and Jack Parker (drums)

Jack Nimitz Morty Palitz Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz

My first Jo Jones album': Count Basie, Emmet Berry. Benny Green, Lawrence Brown, Lucky Thompson, Rudy Powell, Freddie Green, Nat Pierce, Pete Johnson, Walter Page, + Jo

Izzy Friedman Itzy Riskin Itchy and Scratchy

with Hank Jones/Richard Wyands, Art Davis/Wendell Marshall, Charlie Persip

First Tadd: Dial B for Beauty/Philly Joe Jones with Clifford Brown, Idrees Sulieman, Herb Mullins, Gigi Gryce, Benny Golson, Oscar Estelle (bar) Percy Heath and PJJ

King Curtis King Cole King Kolax

First Fat Navarro - 10"LP 'Fats Navarro Memorial' with Kenny Dorham, Leo Parker, Sonny Stitt, Morris Lane, Eddie de Verteil, Bud Powell/Tadd Dameron, Al Hall/Gene Ramey, Denzil Best/Kenny Clarke

Going back one, my first Getz - 'Diz and Getz' + Oscar peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Max Roach

Jesse Ventura Charlie Ventura Ace Ventura

Jimmy Giuffre 'The Music Man' Bernie Glow, Phil Sunkel, Joe Wilder, Nick Travis, Art Farmer, Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman, Sol Schlinger, Wendell Marshall, Ed Shaughnessy

Whistling Rufus Moaning Minnie Yodelin' Bill (works down by the flour mill)

First Bob Cooper album: 'In a Mellotone' with Snooky Young, Ross Tompkins, Doug McDonald (gtr) Monty Budwig, Jeff Hamilton and Ernie Andrews

Leonard Bernstein Mischa Elman Victor Schertzinger

OK - the Tentette...Chet, Pete Candoli, Bob Enevoldsen, Bud Shank, Don Davidson (bar) John Graas, Ray Siegel (tuba) Joe Mondragon, Chico Hamilton/Larry Bunker

a tie!

First Zoot: 'Zoot' with Nick Travis, George Handy, Wilbur Ware and Osie Johnson Album spoilt by Handy's terrible comping.

Chu Brownie Herbie Haymer

My first album on which Al Cohn played and wrote the charts: Miles Davis Plays Al Cohn Compositions: with Sonny Truitt, trombone, Al , Zoot Sims, John Lewis, Leonard Gaskin, bass and Kenny Clarke

First album with George Wallington on it: 'Bix Duke Fats' - Thomas Talbert with Nick Travis.Joe Wilder, Jimmy Cleveland, Eddie Bert, Aaron Sachs, Oscar Pettiford. Osie Johnson.

First Nat Adderley - To The Ivy League from Nat - with Cannon, Sam Jones/Al McKibbon, Junior Mance, and Charles Wright

John Hammond Peter Gammond Eva Braun