janeray1940
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Love Slim Gaillard! I used to have a bunch of 78 rpm records of his. I may be remembering this wrong, but I think a young Charles Mingus played bass on some early Gaillard tracks.
I first got into Slim on 78 as well. I had this cool hand-cranked record player that looked like a little suitcase and I'd bring it to the beach and to picnics and such with a stack of old shellac
I'm not sure about Mingus, but Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie definitely did (along with a host of other greats). Give Slim's Jam a listen and read the description on YouTube - it really is a delight!