Re: Les Thompson & Toots CD

["ludo beckers" <lazylew2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Winslow

> I've heard the Les Thompson stuff, from a live concert. YOu can find
> his stuff on old LPs but it's pretty rare. He's still around; some of
> the cats in LA know him.

Has he recorded since? These recordings make me want to hear more from this
player.

> The Toots stuff - it's too bad they don't give more detail on the web
> page. His first recording session was when he was touring with Benny
> Goodman in 1950.

"Stardust" is with Goodman.

<There's a Zoots Sims reissue where Toots and Zoot
> took a day off from Benny to record in a studio with some Swedish
> musicians.

That's "All The Things You Are".

There are also some airchecks of them playing with Benny,
> including Toots' harmonica turn on Stardust - which is what prompted
> Benny to hire him in the first place. The Belgian stuff I don;t know
> about, unless it's that recording some oldtimers have - and for which
> there is a songbook - where he recorded weird old non-bebop chestnuts
> like Darktown Strutter's Ball.

Yes, that's it. Some of those sound a little corny. The organ player didn't
have the grooviest of sounds.
Still some of those tunes are great.
Here are Toots' tracks:
- -Jazz Me Blues - Dark Eyes - Nalen Boogie - Red Devils Boogie (titled after
the Belgian national soccer team I guess) - Harmonica Rag - That's A
Plenty - Harmonica Shuffle - At The Darktown Strutter's Ball - Toots Blues -
Happy Go Lazy - My Yiddische Mame - High School Cadet March - Stardust - All
The Things You Are.
And Les Thompson's, which I find VERY nice:
- -Take The A-Train - Stardust - Robbin's Nest - I'm In The Mood For Love -
Undecided - Over The Rainbow - Lady Be Good - Hot Harmonica.

Ludo

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