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Fictional jazz band from the "Out of My Head" humor column (1959-196?) in ''Downbeat'' magazine, written by Ed Sherman under the pseudonym George Crater.
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Fictional jazz band from the "Out of My Head" humor column (1959-196?) in ''Downbeat'' magazine, written by Ed Sherman under the pseudonym George Crater.  
  
 
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"Crater" also released a spoken word comedy album with a lot of jazz references, ''Out Of My Head'' (1960, Riverside RLP 841).
 
"Crater" also released a spoken word comedy album with a lot of jazz references, ''Out Of My Head'' (1960, Riverside RLP 841).
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==See also==
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*[[Prez Glick]]
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*[[Zig Priff]]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*https://web.archive.org/save/http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2016/07/jazz-humor-zoot-finster-series-by.html
 
*https://web.archive.org/save/http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2016/07/jazz-humor-zoot-finster-series-by.html
 
*https://finster.wordpress.com/about/
 
*https://finster.wordpress.com/about/

Revision as of 08:43, 11 May 2018

Fictional jazz band from the "Out of My Head" humor column (1959-196?) in Downbeat magazine, written by Ed Sherman under the pseudonym George Crater.

Lineup:

  • Zoot Finster, tenor saxophone
  • Miles Cosnat, trumpet
  • Gimp Lymphly, gorkaphone
  • Humphrey Nurturewurst, trombone
  • Milt Orp, marimba
  • Strimp Grech, cello;
  • Rudell Benge, guitar
  • Sticks Berklee, drums

"Crater" also released a spoken word comedy album with a lot of jazz references, Out Of My Head (1960, Riverside RLP 841).

See also


External Links