David L., Thanks for the tip about early Basie! I found some samples on the downbeat web page and guess what? I listened to portions of two tracks with a vocalist and said, "Man, I KNOW that voice! He sang 'Hello Little Girl' on Duke Ellington's "Jazz Party"!" So I looked him up on my copy of Jazz Party and it was Jimmy Rushing. How cool to know that I can recognize folks from other recordings in a "foreign" genre! I mean, I'm becoming a jazz fan now. My ear for singers, such as it is, transfers directly.
