Jack Sheldon...Oh Yes!
June 25, 2008 2:07 PM Subscribe
Trying To Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon Who is Jack Sheldon? You may remember him as Merv Griffin's comedic trumpet-wielding sidekick, or the indelible voice on School House Rock (etc.), but musicians know him as a jazz giant. Unlike his close friend and collaborator, Chet Baker, Jack Sheldon survived the demons of drugs, alcohol and unspeakable personal tragedy...
A documentary film by Penny Peyser and Doug McIntyre. (multiple YT clips in description; official site contains Flash audio)
A documentary film by Penny Peyser and Doug McIntyre. (multiple YT clips in description; official site contains Flash audio)
BTW, anyone who thinks they don't know how who Jack Sheldon is... if you ever listened to Schoolhouse Rock, you have heard him many times.
posted by miss lynnster at 3:00 PM on June 25, 2008
posted by miss lynnster at 3:00 PM on June 25, 2008
Ooops. Missed that those were linked above. Sorry. Durrr.
posted by miss lynnster at 3:01 PM on June 25, 2008
posted by miss lynnster at 3:01 PM on June 25, 2008
Uhm, yeah, Miss L. Linus already mentioned that.
posted by ten pounds of inedita at 3:01 PM on June 25, 2008
posted by ten pounds of inedita at 3:01 PM on June 25, 2008
Yeah, his vocals on those School House Rocks songs are just fabulous! Radiant with humor and joie de vivre. He sounds like someone you'd like a lot. And thanks for the Louie Lightning Bug link, jbickers.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:46 PM on June 25, 2008
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:46 PM on June 25, 2008
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