I was snooping youtube for some klezmer music to send to our guest percussionist for this upcoming gig and I quite by accident came across Blue Rondo a Turk, performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Intrigue'd, I searched on youtube for Brubecks name and I almost passed out when lo and behold, up came about 20 old (1958 t0 1968) TV sessions, where the quartet played many of their most famous tunes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8PQBYEkHHg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8PQBYEkHHg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOgY...eature=related

There are three of them.

I got to thinking....in the early 70's when I was in Jr High, and then 75 - 79 when I was in high school, I was a serious Maynard Ferguson fan. Dad loved Louis Armstrong, and had about a dozen Louis Armstrong All Stars records in the house (all of which I still have). But he also loved Al Hirt and Pete Fountain. In my dreams I imagined my fantasy trumpet section, in 1976

Dizzy Gillespie
Al Hirt
Maynard Ferguson
Chuck Mangione

So imagine my shock, amazement and utter delight at finding, on youtube, a session where Sarah Vaughn starts out singing Take the A Train, and all four of those Trumpet Players are on the gig, along with Don Cherry playing piccolo trumpet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZzaaHVLcFQ

Jazz Fan,s start looking!