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Improvised Thoughts with Beegie Adair features a visit with Jack Sheldon

  Scott Yanow writes in the All Music Guide:  "One of the great jokesters in jazz (whose spontaneous monologues are as hilarious as they are tasteless), Jack Sheldon's personality has sometimes overshadowed his excellent trumpet playing and effective vocals ... he became a popular figure on the West Coast, playing and recording with many top musicians including Jimmy Guiffre, Wardell Gray, Stan Kenton, Curtis Counce & Art Pepper.  He worked as an actor in the 1960s ...  was seen nightly on The Merv Griffin Show, and in the 1970s and '80s he performed with the Benny Goodman Big Band, in the studios, and with his own groups.  He also made his mark on millions of American children by being the vocalist for both "Conjuction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill" from the Schoolhouse Rocks! series.  Into the mid-'90s, Jack Sheldon, remained quite active in the Los Angeles area, recording regularly for Concord and his Butterfly label."

We'll go back to those same mid-'90s and join Jack Sheldon for an entertaining hour of music & conversation.  The point of the visit was his 1995 CD, Jack Is Back! - but it was only a point of departure!  The ever-colorful Jack Sheldon joins us on the next Improvised Thoughts with Beegie Adair, on WMOT and www.wmot.org .