Right now I am listening to a record by Charlie Barnet. He is a jazz musician from either the 50's or 60's but it could very well be from the 40's. This was one of the first records I ever bought and the cover is what initially drew me to it. When I started collecting vinyl, I would only buy records based on the cover. This cover is of Charlie Barnet in a suit, playing a sax and wearing an Indian Chief's feathers. Pretty amazing. I had a feeling that because he was wearing a suit, playing a sax and had a song called One O'Clock Jump that it would be jazzy and it is. To be honest, it's actually a beast record. It's not my favorite type of jazz (see my blog about Tom Scott) but it's still good. It's very smoking indoors type Jazz. A Negro wearing a tuxedo and serving you drinks Jazz. Driving into vegas in a movie and this being the source music Jazz. The Shining Jazz. A 1950's detective in a dilemma over a woman Jazz. Asshole Jazz. Dickey Greenleaf Jazz. Basically, it's Jazz.
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