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I pulled out the Joseph Scianni Man Running album (Savoy 1965) tonight for the first time in awhile. It's a really excellent and interesting album - it doesn't sound quite like anything else I've heard. All the tunes are by Scianni, and there's not really a key center most of the time. Scianni calls it pantonal rather the atonal, and that seems about right to me. Scianni's left hand is very active, playing complex polyphony with his right hand. Izenzon is amazing, both arco and pizzicato - he supports, plays counterpoint, takes the melody. A great duet.

The producer is Esmond Edwards. Interesting that the Dylan covers link posted by jazztrain also pictures a radio station promo single. Perhaps this was never officially issued by Columbia?

I have a 45 RPM single which I found in a junk store in Atlanta about 25 years ago. It's a "Not for resale - Radio Station Copy" promo single: Columbia 4-44977 by saxophonist John Handy. He's playing Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" on both sides - stereo on one side, mono on the other. The arrangement in credited to Benny Golson - it's guitar-heavy, with electric bass and piano. One side is stamped Sep 15 1969, which I'm guessing is the date some radio station received it. It's a little bit of a period piece, musically, but the saxophone playing is impressive, with some altissimo-register stuff near the end. I've never seen this recording listed in any discography. About a month ago I emailed Handy through his website, asking about it, but I never got any reply. Does anyone know anything about this odd little record?

Just discovered this forum. Hello to all, particularly chitownjazz. I just won the Wild Bill Davidson/Boyce Brown Collector's Item 78 in an auction. Apparently it has never been reissued in any other format. I'll let you know how it is when I get it. Now let me see if my 78 RPM turntable still works....