Ditto from Gems of Jazz! Happy holidays and swinging New Year to all our friends from all of us (namely me, your humble jazz interlocutor). Thanks for all your comments over the past year – I'm gratified to know that what's offered here is of interest to fans of good music the world over. There's plenty more to come in 2016, so visit often. As an added treat, here's the tune Pops recorded back in 1952 that's mentioned in the Down Beat squibb above, the reason for Decca getting him up in holiday drag.
