[78-L] Eddie Plunkett?

[Taylor Bowie]

And of course Ashby replaced Oscar Moore in the King Cole Trio.

Taylor  




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<78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com> On Behalf Of Donna Halper
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 9:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Eddie Plunkett?


On 11/29/2022 11:22 PM, Ron L"Herault wrote:
> Time to stir up some activity here.  Anyone ever heard of Eddie Plunkett?
> I've got a 78 rpm demo? Sample? Record, one sided, markings: KG-19-4B 
> on what looks to be a Columbia pressing (paper layer evident in small 
> edge
> chip) which has a rough texture B side.  The white label says, "BEANO"
> under which is Plunkett and Douglass.  Under that , the musicians are 
> listed as, Guitar-Plunket, Piano-Watson, and Bass-Jones.

The Watson referred to was Eddie Watson, who often performed in a jazz trio
with Eddie Plunkett and a guy named Irving Ashby. Not sure about the Jones
person. But Watson and Plunkett and Ashby played a lot of local clubs in
greater Boston in the 30s and 40s. Watson later became an instructor of
music at Berklee College, back when it was called Schillinger House. I
assume the demo was from sometime in the early 1940s. I'll check further.


--
Donna L. Halper, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University,
Cambridge MA

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