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Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 1

by: Chris Woods, Jimmy Forrest, Teddy Brannon, Cozy Eggleston, Tab Smith, Jimmy Coe, Doc Sausage, Fats Noel, Paul Bascomb, Fred Jackson

Release Date September 18, 1993
I'm a product of Alan Freed's NYC WINS radio shows in the mid 50's and was surfing Amazon for a recording of Night Train he played almost every night. I came across this CD and although it really pre-dated my R&R days I decided it was worth a go. A wise choice - although Jimmy Forrest's Night Train is not the one I was seeking, the CD is super. Sax's at their best.

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Bad Bascomb!

by: Paul Bascomb

Release Date December 07, 1993
Paul Bascomb was born in the early days of the 20th century (debate still goes on the exact year, he told me 1909) in Alabama, and died in November 1986. He is mostly remembered as one of the 2 tenor sax players in the Erskine Hawkins band (the other being Julian Dash), and the man who replaced Lester Young in Count Basie's band (who, in turn was replaced by Don Byas). These recordings (recorded orginally for the United label in 1952, though they were issued on the States subsidary) stem from a band he led in Detroit from the late 1940's to about 1953 (when he moved full time to Chicago), and are the best examples of his post war playing (and the maturity of an excellent working band). The music enclosed features a rhythm and jazz ensamble complete ... Read More:

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1945-1947

by: Dud & Paul Bascomb

Release Date July 29, 2003
Paul Bascomb was born in the early days of the 20th century (debate still goes on the exact year, he told me 1909) in Alabama, and died in November 1986. He is mostly remembered as one of the 2 tenor sax players in the Erskine Hawkins band (the other being Julian Dash), and the man who replaced Lester Young in Count Basie's band (who, in turn was replaced by Don Byas). These recordings (recorded orginally for the United label in 1952, though they were issued on the States subsidary) stem from a band he led in Detroit from the late 1940's to about 1953 (when he moved full time to Chicago), and are the best examples of his post war playing (and the maturity of an excellent working band). The music enclosed features a rhythm and jazz ensamble complete ... Read More:

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1945-1947

by: Dud & Paul Bascomb

Release Date July 29, 2003
Paul Bascomb was born in the early days of the 20th century (debate still goes on the exact year, he told me 1909) in Alabama, and died in November 1986. He is mostly remembered as one of the 2 tenor sax players in the Erskine Hawkins band (the other being Julian Dash), and the man who replaced Lester Young in Count Basie's band (who, in turn was replaced by Don Byas). These recordings (recorded orginally for the United label in 1952, though they were issued on the States subsidary) stem from a band he led in Detroit from the late 1940's to about 1953 (when he moved full time to Chicago), and are the best examples of his post war playing (and the maturity of an excellent working band). The music enclosed features a rhythm and jazz ensamble complete ... Read More:

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More Bounce to the Ounce

by: Willis Jackson, Charlie Singleton, Fred Jackson, Lynn Hope, Julian Dash, Buddy Tate, Plas Johnson, Al Sears, Fats Noel, Jimmy Jackson

Release Date 2003
Paul Bascomb was born in the early days of the 20th century (debate still goes on the exact year, he told me 1909) in Alabama, and died in November 1986. He is mostly remembered as one of the 2 tenor sax players in the Erskine Hawkins band (the other being Julian Dash), and the man who replaced Lester Young in Count Basie's band (who, in turn was replaced by Don Byas). These recordings (recorded orginally for the United label in 1952, though they were issued on the States subsidary) stem from a band he led in Detroit from the late 1940's to about 1953 (when he moved full time to Chicago), and are the best examples of his post war playing (and the maturity of an excellent working band). The music enclosed features a rhythm and jazz ensamble complete ... Read More:

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Bad Bascomb!

by: Paul Bascomb

Release Date April 26, 2005
Paul Bascomb was born in the early days of the 20th century (debate still goes on the exact year, he told me 1909) in Alabama, and died in November 1986. He is mostly remembered as one of the 2 tenor sax players in the Erskine Hawkins band (the other being Julian Dash), and the man who replaced Lester Young in Count Basie's band (who, in turn was replaced by Don Byas). These recordings (recorded orginally for the United label in 1952, though they were issued on the States subsidary) stem from a band he led in Detroit from the late 1940's to about 1953 (when he moved full time to Chicago), and are the best examples of his post war playing (and the maturity of an excellent working band). The music enclosed features a rhythm and jazz ensamble complete ... Read More:

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Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 1

from: Delmark Records

Release Date 2003
Paul Bascomb was born in the early days of the 20th century (debate still goes on the exact year, he told me 1909) in Alabama, and died in November 1986. He is mostly remembered as one of the 2 tenor sax players in the Erskine Hawkins band (the other being Julian Dash), and the man who replaced Lester Young in Count Basie's band (who, in turn was replaced by Don Byas). These recordings (recorded orginally for the United label in 1952, though they were issued on the States subsidary) stem from a band he led in Detroit from the late 1940's to about 1953 (when he moved full time to Chicago), and are the best examples of his post war playing (and the maturity of an excellent working band). The music enclosed features a rhythm and jazz ensamble complete ... Read More: