Babs Gonzales (October 27, 1919 – January 23, 1980), born Lee Brown, was an American jazz vocalist of the bebop era most notable for penning the famous Dizzy Gillespie song "Oop-Pop-A-Da", which was originally recorded and performed by his own band, Three Bips and a Bop. Babs was also once the chauffeur for Errol Flynn. Read More...
Track List of Babs Gonzales - Sunday Afternoon at Small's Paradise :
01. Introduction - Satin Doll
02. Oop-Pop-A-Da
03. Le Moody Mood Pour Amour
04. Integration
05. Be-Bop Santa Claus
06. Dem Jive New York People
07. 'Round About Midnight
08. Keep An Ugly Woman
09. St Louis Blues
Babs Gonzales - Sunday Afternoon at Small's Paradise
Recorded live at the Great Harlem Club Small's Paradise, New York City, 1962
...Babs Gonzales was a singer who did what he could to popularize bop, and was a pioneer in the scat vocalese style. He had stints with Charlie Barnet and Lionel Hampton's big bands, and then led his own group Three Bips & a Bop during 1946-1949. They recorded for Blue Note during 1947-1949, including the earliest version of “Oop-Pop-A-Da,” later covered by Dizzy, and such songs as “Weird Lullaby,” “Real Crazy,” “Professor Bop,” and “Prelude to a Nightmare”; among his sidemen on these dates were Tadd Dameron, Tony Scott, Roy Haynes, James Moody, J.J. Johnson, Julius Watkins, Sonny Rollins (making his recording debut), Art Pepper, Wynton Kelly, and even Don Redman. Read More...
Track List of Babs Gonzales - Sunday Afternoon at Small's Paradise :
01. Introduction - Satin Doll
02. Oop-Pop-A-Da
03. Le Moody Mood Pour Amour
04. Integration
05. Be-Bop Santa Claus
06. Dem Jive New York People
07. 'Round About Midnight
08. Keep An Ugly Woman
09. St Louis Blues
Babs Gonzales - Sunday Afternoon at Small's Paradise
Recorded live at the Great Harlem Club Small's Paradise, New York City, 1962
...Babs Gonzales was a singer who did what he could to popularize bop, and was a pioneer in the scat vocalese style. He had stints with Charlie Barnet and Lionel Hampton's big bands, and then led his own group Three Bips & a Bop during 1946-1949. They recorded for Blue Note during 1947-1949, including the earliest version of “Oop-Pop-A-Da,” later covered by Dizzy, and such songs as “Weird Lullaby,” “Real Crazy,” “Professor Bop,” and “Prelude to a Nightmare”; among his sidemen on these dates were Tadd Dameron, Tony Scott, Roy Haynes, James Moody, J.J. Johnson, Julius Watkins, Sonny Rollins (making his recording debut), Art Pepper, Wynton Kelly, and even Don Redman. Read More... 
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