Rare pvt NW jazz lp ROD ESSELSTYN'S BAND w/ DOC SEVERINSEN Happy Valley OR 1964

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Extremely rare private jazz lp: ROD ESSELSTYN'S BAND, featuring DOC SEVERINSEN - Recorded Live at Happy Canyon (Pendleton, OR, I think) in 1964. Doc's last name is spelled incorrectly on the cover. Century Custom Records, 21133, microgroove, presumably mono. Doc Severinsen, of course, is an American pop and jazz trumpeter, and bandleader of the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.  I found an article online about the town of Echo, Oregon, that mentioned "Rod Esselstyn: Musician; well known in the community for performing at dances and other festivities". A 1950's newspaper article described Esselstyn’s band as “one of the best dance bands in the county". I also found an article in the Sept. 9, 1963 issue of the Tri-City Herald newspaper (Pendleton, Oregon) stating that Doc Severinsen would be appearing with a 14-piece band at the Western Show & the Happy Canyon Pageant in Pendleton on September 11-14. This was probably recorded at the same event, but in the following year ('64 instead of '63).  The 13 tracks include:  Mopsy  Sunday Morning  Blues In The Night  Young Man With The Blues  Cherry Point  Teach Me Tonight  Jacob Jones  Tom's Thumb  Just For A Thrill  Basin Street Blues  One O'Clock Jump  Lament  Kelley's Blues. 

Condition is VG/G+ (vinyl has moderate scuffing, some soft surface marks and hairlines, and several soft scratches, two of which I can just barely feel - it plays well with no skips and sounds VG+ to EX with occasional soft background; clean labels; jacket has minor rubbing to spine and corners, some cover rubbing, an old price sticker to cover, a 4-inch split along the right side of the top edge, and an 8-inch split along the right side of the bottom edge).

(Vintage Vinyl, Records, LP, Album, Jazz, Swing, Trumpet, Pop, Carson, Pacific NW, Oregon, 1960's, Memorabilia, Collectible).


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