[78-L] fwd: Art van Damme

[Jeff Sultanof]

There are two CDs on the Hep label of the Mooney Quartet, a fantastic group,
and I believe there was a complete Columbia Sunshine Boys on CD.

Mooney also recorded two excellent LPs for Columbia in the sixties, also
reissued on CD. All of these are worth getting.

Jeff Sultanof

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net>wrote:

> The wonderful Joe Mooney,  who also was a great
> singer,  pianist and organist.
>
> I had totally forgotten about Joe Mooney. I love his playing. I have
> his Decca 78s, an LP, some of the Columbia Sunshine Boys 78s and an LP
> of their recordings. his work with Sauter-Finegan... Marvelous stuff! A
> few minutes ago, I got a phone call from a collector friend, who said:
> “I want you to hear to this.” He then started up a disc that featured
> Charlie Parker playing a version of “Now’s the Time.” I knew right away
> from the sound and the tempo that I had never heard it before. I was
> shocked at what came next: an accordion solo! My friend played it
> through for maybe eight bars, then cut it off. He told me this was a
> recording on a 10-inch Duo Disc lacquer from a May 3, 1947 WNEW
> Saturday Night Swing Session broadcast. The flip side has other
> performers. As both of us said in amazement: Who would have imagined
> Parker ever played with an accordionist! At this point, my guess is
> Ernie Felice, but I am hoping to learn more, perhaps an identification.
> My friend purchased the disc from e-bay.
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