Susan - I hadn't heard that version, but I do like that.

The early King Cole Trio recordings, especially with Oscar Moore on guitar are some of my favourite small group recordings. I always thought it a pity that in later years his fame as a vocalist replaced that early style and we lost his jazz piano playing.

(In much the same way Sacha Distel became more famous as a crooner than as the bebop guitarist he started out as. And to some extent in later years Louis Armstrong was better known as a popular singer than the brilliant jazz pioneer he was. And if you want to know what knocks me out when I hear it - Armstrong's amazing bravura into to the 1928 West End Blues recording. I can't remember the first time I heard it, but I could tell then why Armstrong changed music as we know it!)

No charge for therapy yet - you'll qualify for family and friends' rate soon!


Mick