Who's this Guy?

[Ike Harris]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHiK9u7o4Vg

I think he's the same bass player in the Hot House footage w/ Bird and Dizzy. Tends to hop up and down when he plays. Extra points for naming the other players with Art and Tommy.

Ike

[Francois Blais]

Curley Russel?

[tappingtrance]

tommy potter?

check out at the very end how high the scroll is above his head, must be two feet!

[bassame]

Probably Gene Traxler who was in the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.

[bassame]

Originally Posted by bassame

Probably Gene Traxler who was in the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.

Or Jimmy Williams.

[Brent Nussey]

Curley Russel and Tommy Potter - were black
Gene Traxler and Jimmy Williams - I don't know what they look like.

But my vote is Eddie Safranski:

http://www.hermanleonard.com/catalog...arkerCHP10.jpg
http://www.hermanleonard.com/catalog...arkerCHP01.jpg
http://www.hermanleonard.com/catalog...arkerCHP06.jpg
http://www.hermanleonard.com/catalog...arkerCHP09.jpg

[Ed Fuqua]

Originally Posted by Brent Nussey

Curley Russel and Tommy Potter - were black.

Well, you know what's possible through the magic of film. There's a great story about Barney Kessel having to wear make up to make him "darker" so he could appear on screen with Billie Holiday...

I don't recall Eddie either working with the Dorseys or being on the West Coast before the early 60s. In 47 (when the film was shot) he was with Kenton...

[Scott McC]

There is more to that footage than what is on youtube, I saw the whole clip once, and they introduce the whole band, cant remember the dudes name though, but it is out there.

[Brent Nussey]

Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua

I don't recall Eddie either working with the Dorseys or being on the West Coast before the early 60s. In 47 (when the film was shot) he was with Kenton...

Well, I defer to you on it. I don't really know much about these guys, it's just that when I saw the video, it reminded me of the bassist in those Leonard photos, the hair, the long face, even the bass. If there's a credited video out there, I bet I'll run into it at one of my record shop haunts here in town. I'll keep an eye out.

[Ike Harris]

Eddie Safranski would be in the correct timeline but here's a pic of him with Kenton abou the same year as the film. Doesn't look like the same guy to me. How about Teddy Kotick?

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/lo...ge.html?page=1

[Ike Harris]

Answering my own question, by way of searching on the Hot House video - Sandy Block.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808616230/details

[Paul Warburton]

It's ahhh....Sandy Block!