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mp3: Bob Dorough and Skip Heller Play Eric Spiegel

A special mp3-only album --


Bob Dorough is one of the greatest jazz singers to play great piano. Or maybe one of the best jazz piano players to sing jazz this well. For sure -- the only singer ever to have recorded in a group led by Miles Davis. And the mastermind behind Schoolhouse Rock. And the composer of some real jazz standards, my favorite being "Devil May Care."

He was the hero of my late friend Eric Spiegel, the guy who taught me how to play changes and standards and all. Eric was a great singing piano player, too, and he did a ton of Bob's music. When Eric died a few years back, I tried to think of a way to pay tribute to him that would have touched him if he were alive to see it. His hero "sitting in" for him would have knocked him out.

Dorough is the closest anyone living comes to Jack Teagarden. We made this album to celebrate our pal.

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Labels: bob dorough, eric spiegel, skip heller demo

posted by skip heller @ 10:55 PM