"This just in!"

I just heard the new Dr. John recording of "Monkey" on the radio, after which the DJ informed us listeners that Dave Bartholomew, the songwriter and original recording artist, plays trumpet on the track.

The new recording has a pronouncedly modern jazz-funk flavor, and the trumpet is prominently featured as lead instrument, so I had assumed that I had been listening to Mac's usual trumpeter, the 50-ish Charley Miller, or perhaps some younger player. Quite a pleasant surprise to learn that the gig went to the still-great Dave Bartholomew, who must be well up into his 80s by now.