<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3>In a message dated 2/24/03 1:25:23 PM Central Standard Time, rakmccallum@hotmail.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I know Duke recorded the Peanut Vendor in the<BR>
20's, but I can't recall, offhand, how it sounded (I'll have to dig out the<BR>
record) and Juan Tizol injected some latin elements with tunes like Caravan<BR>
and Perdido. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Louis Armstrong recorded the "Peanut Vendor" in the 30s. I don't know if Duke recorded this tune.<BR>
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Stan Kenton's "Peanut Vendor" in the 50s is the definitive jazz version, in my opinion.<BR>
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Jim Beebe</FONT></HTML>