Some Jazz for kicks and giggles…

Hello, kiddies.

I just wanted to come and drop off a few more jazzy goodies that were supposed to be a part of the last post, but time and suffering from those sinus headaches over the past two weeks made it just a bit difficult. Well, I feel much better now, so let’s get right down to it…

The first two selections come from a 45 that I was fortunate enough to find a few months ago at the fire hall. When I was a kid, there was a copy of this record in my house on a 78, but needless to say it was lost over time. It’s a rather funny reading of two well known Grimm’s fairy tales with a bit of a hep cat twist provided by none other than comedy legend Steve Allen. The narrator is Al “Jazzbo” Collins and the piano playing is done by one Lou Stein. You can share this one with the kids, but enjoy the very subtle adult themes for yourselves…

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Please download and enjoy Little Red Riding Hood, an .mp3 file, 4 MB

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Please download and enjoy The Three Little Pigs, an .mp3 file, 4 MB

Next is a tune that proves that Pearl Bailey can indeed do her thing. I’ve been wanting to share this one with you ever since DJ Prestige published this post several months ago. This reading of “Saturday Night Fish Fry” is a real hoot as it also features Jackie “Moms” Mabley, one of the true comedy legends that performed at the world famous Apollo Theatre along with Pigmeat Markham and so many other great comics for decades. This track is featured on the box set The Jazz Singers 1919-1994, produced by the Smithsonian Institution. The set contains a who’s who of Jazz legends past and present and is very much worth the investment.

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Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley… 

Please download and enjoy Saturday Night Fish Fry, an .mp3 file, 3 MB

Next time around I’ll bring back the funk. I was hipped to a couple of thrift stores in the area which are supposed to be chock full of cheap 45s, so with a little luck I won’t come home empty handed, and that will benefit us all for sure. For now, it’s time to take a quick break for some physical nourishment.

Peace and blessings.

5 Comments

  1. Vincent
    I have a late 60’s (I think) Steve Allen/Jazzbo Collins collaboration LP with some hip fairy tale stuff on it. I may just have to digitize some of it.
    Larry

  2. nice… you know I’m interested.

  3. Vincent: I posted the Al Collins 45 a while back, too. It’s a survivor of the basement playroom from when I was a kid, as told here:
    http://echoesinthewind.blogspot.com/2007/02/grimms-fairy-tales-for-hip-set.html

    Cheers!

  4. crazy, man. like my dad had this 78 in the 50’s and I dig it the most. He was a trombonist with Jimmy Dorsey (Rusty Nichols) and we lived in Virginia. I talked to Jazzbo once on the air in Cal and he was groovy. Thanks much for posting these sides, man, and keep swinging. Was Lou Stein like a chick maybe?

  5. Thanks for chiming in, John. I wish I still had the 78. Thank God I found the 45 though.


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