Ah, Charley Barnett-Cherokee. My favorite of the big band era. He was from a well-off railroad family. He'd hire the best sidemen in the business for 6 months, work on an album for 30 days and let the band take off when it was done.


Loved Lionel in this piece, too. I still try to play 6-8 jobs including vibes a year, but as we know, the sampled vibes on many keyboards today are fantastic.


It's kind of like a B-3, Suitcase Rhodes or upright bass. They're big; sometimes heavy and not absolutely necessary.


But what fun!


Thanks. Good find!


Russ