Philly Joe Jones Sextet
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Philly Joe Jones Sextet
Blues For Dracula
CD $11.98 $8.98
RELEASE DATE: 17 Sep 1958
OJCCD-230-2
GENRE: JAZZ
The first album under the leadership of Philly Joe Jones has achieved cult status over the years through the unique spoken vocal on the title track. That remarkable Bela Lugosi/Dracula sequence was actually largely derived from a routine by Philly's friend Lenny Bruce, who not only gave his blessing, but wanted to participate as a "talking sideman" (but couldn't get permission from the label he was under contract to in the Fifties, Fantasy Records!). The rest of the record should no… MORE
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