Happy Birthday Charlie Parker

[Paul S]

Peter, what's the story with the Vaughan and Peggy cards? Issue, year of, etc.

And...gotta love a Ellington that looks like a T206

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Paul S

Peter, what's the story with the Vaughan and Peggy cards? Issue, year of, etc.

And...gotta love a Ellington that looks like a T206

1959 NuCard. Very easy to find.

[tedzan]

The Jazz artist that I would have liked to see perform is Ahmad Jamal. I don't think he ever performed at Birdland. Ahmad Jamal was a Jazz contemporary of Charlie Parker.
Like Dave Brubeck, Jamal introduced an exciting new style to Jazz in the 1950's. And, like Brubeck, Jamal has enjoyed a long life (he recently celebrated his 88th Birthday).

His rendering of “Poinciana” ranks up there with Dave Brubeck's "Take Five", as one of the all-time best of Jazz.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[jerseygary]

That Ellington card is really neat, I'll have to try and pick one up.

Here's a set of cards I did for myself about 20 years ago. I had done a series of five portraits of my favorite jazz musicians to hang over my record player. They seemed to lend themselves to a 1934-36 Diamond Stars style.

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[jerseygary]

I just picked up one of those Mitchell's Cigarettes Duke Ellington cards - it's a pretty neat little card that can be had at a reasonalble price (I paid $14)