[78-L] Bishop Pressinigs

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

Dan Van Landingham says: “You mentioned altoist Pony Poindexter.I have 
a friend from the Seattle area who once saw him get into a "battle of 
the altos" so to speak.He was playing with an altoist named Buddy 
Catlett and according to
my friend,Dick Burley,who is a trombonist,Catlett  "drew and quartered 
him.Catlett contracted TB and
while in treatment,learned to play string bass.Catlett later played 
with Basie; Catlett wound up living in the
Seattle area.”

I’ve heard little of Poindexter’s work but what little I’ve heard does 
not impress me. He may be more famous because of the Lambert, 
Hendricks, and Ross lyrics to ”Little Pony” from the LP album “Sing a 
Song of Basie.”