[78-L] Pony Poindexter [was Bishop Pressinigs]

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

Taylor Bowie comments: “The LHR version of Little Pony is for sure 
based on Wardell G's solo on the
Basie Columbia record.”

The original Basie recording of “Little Pony” was another fine example 
of a sparkling Neal Hefti arrangement. I imagine Lambert, Hendricks, 
and Ross loved Wardell Gray’s work. Ross did her own 1952 vocalese 
version of Wardell’s 1949 Prestige recording of “Twisted.” Months ago, 
I saw on YouTube a filmed live performance by Ross of “Twisted” that 
was amusing. Ross also did a vocalese version of Wardell’s 1952 
Prestige recording of “Farmer’s Market” that included trumpeter Art 
Farmer in the personnel. The title was a word play on Art Farmer’s name 
and that of the Los Angles Farmers Market that became a popular tourist 
attraction in the 1940s and ’50s and remains so. I visited it in 1956 
because of the record.