Bob Dorough, Yardbird Suite (1956)
![Bob Dorough](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6c63833-d550-4db2-a4f9-56657b217a55_225x225.jpeg)
I used to listen to this album – and I thought it was bonkers. And then I bought this Miles Davis tape for about $4 (a cheap compilation) – and at the end of the tape it had this song that went “merry x-mas...” with this cartoon-type voice. (The song is Blue Xmas). The singer, I knew – straight away – was the very same:
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