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Rare TINY BRADSHAW: tiny plays KING 12" LP 33 RPM King Records 395-501.
....So....Whether it's soft, whether it's hot, or whether it's mellow.....lookto the master showman Tiny Bradshaw........
.....These sides were cutin 1952 - 1954...
.... VERY EARLY WORK BY SAMJONES ON STRING BASS.......
LABEL = KING 395-501 MONO [DEEP GROOVEBOTH BLACK LABEL ORIGINAL PRESSING]
1952, 1953 & 1954 Cincinnati STUDIOMATERIAL. FEATURING: Tiny Bradshaw, Lester Bass, Andrew Penn,Red Prysock, Rufus Gore, Jimmy Robinson, Clarence Mack, Philip Paul, CurtisRoss, Bill Hardman, Sil Austin, SAM JONES, Noble Watts, Clarence Kenner.
During World War II, Tiny, with the rank of Major took his twenty-five-piece band almost completely around the world in conjunction with the USO.