Here’s the REAL PRESident, playing his tune “Detention Barracks Blues” a.k.a. “D. B. Blues”. — Lester Young (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) J. C. Heard (d) – Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, May 1953:
In many ways better than the mad man’s twittering:
On the way to the next gig...
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (1904-1943) with Lena Horne (1917-2010)
It's Carnival in Cologne (as every year), and therefore the sound of the season will be "Carnival In Caroline" with lovely Jerry Kruger, accompanied by Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters, as recorded in New York City on April 4 in 1938.
Cootie Williams (tp) Joe Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke (as) Harry Carney (bar) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Billy Taylor (b) Sonny Greer (d) Jerry Kruger (voc).
