Sunday, December 11, 2011

20th Century Blues By Sir Charles Thompson.

I recall reading somewhere, many years ago, that Sir Charles Thompson was the first to play a flatted fifth, and was therefore one of the developers of be-bop. No idea if there is even a sliver of truth there, but might as well pass on some old legends.

Sir Charles Thompson(p)
Dexter Gordon(ts)
Charlie Parker(as)
Buck Clayton(tp)
Danny Barker(g)
Jimmy Butts(b)
J.C. Heard(ds)

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