A recent discovery for me. The Modern Jazz Disciples' little-known PRESTIGE albums from 1959/60 have just been reissued on FRESH SOUND(FSR CD 793)
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yep an obscure and shortlived groupAccording to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe. -
Weird! I also discovered this bunch on Utube about six months ago....I think Curtis went on to play with Ray and Basie?Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
There is a shed load of excellent players of this era and the 60s under the radar on Yewsrube. Who needs R3.
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Interesting...
The fourth member was William "Hicky" Kelley (born March 12, 1929, Cincinnati, OH), who was employed on two instruments that are hardly prominent in jazz: One was the euphonium and the other was a normaphone (a rare, little-known type of valve trombone that was shaped like an alto sax). McCurdy, an Irish immigrant who grew up in Belfast, had moved to the U.S. in 1951...Comment
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