Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at 02:03AM Wednesday
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Cecil Young Progressive Quartet, 1955
I went to high school with a trumpet player named Cecil Young, but we had always been told that there was another, earlier "Cecil Young" in Seattle jazz. I never really thought much more about it in those years, but I came across a link via one of my favorite vinyl blogs, Like Dreamsville. From another continuum, I'd heard this riff around older Seattle musicians that sounded like Dizzy Gillespie's "Oo-Bop-Sh-Bam" that went, "Who parked the car?" I've played it on gigs -- just a blues riff -- but I had no idea where it came from until I saw and heard the post at I'm Learning to Share: here is the original Cecil Young from Seattle.
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I have always enjoyed this group. I have their live Race Horse and Rushin'on Home record and I always remember my Dad walking in on me and referring to the music as "Baseball Music."Must of reminded him of a baseball crowd making all that background noise. Sure would like to get a photo of the group.
I'll see what I can find in terms of photos. Paul de Barros wrote a book that included Cecil Young, so I'll take a look there, as well as some old newspapers. Check my podcast Episode 18 -- I'm playing these tracks on the show, my two-year anniversary.
Dave Marriott