Here's a nice one by a guy who I've only just started checking out, Babs Gonzales
...he's sort of what you might get if you crossed Slim Gaillard with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross with a heavy dose of hep cat beatnik be-bop slang. Here's Manhattan Fable from his Tales of Manhattan LP.Also in the news, in some sort of strange synchronistic coincidence, it turns out Cherry Red Records will be issuing a 2-for-1 CD of Tales of Manhattan paired with Googie Rene
's classic Romesville this month. Both have been out of print for who knows how long. Personally, I can't get enough of this stuff.
