Trumpeter Benny Bailey died in Amsterdam in April and nobody much noticed until yesterday, which I think is sad, sad, sad. If he hadn't expatriated to Europe long ago, this guy would be as well known and well thought of as, say, Clark Terry. I've had his "Big Brass" CD in my hands several times and should have bought it.
Of course, I have him on the Les McCann and Eddie Harris classic "Swiss Movement," which should be known as the Les McCann, Eddie Harris and Benny Bailey classic. The Phil Woods disk "Rights of Swing" and Billy Mitchell's "De Lawd's Blues" are a couple other places to hear him.
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