The Swinging Shepherd Blues Trumpet

’Swinging Shepherd Blues.’ Tune by Moe Koffman, written as ’Blues a la Canadiana’ and renamed ’Swinging (or ’Swingin’) Shepherd Blues’ in l957 when it was recorded by the composer, playing the flute, for the LP Hot and Cool Sax. Producer Morty Palitz suggested the name change. Released as a single (Jubilee 5311), it was a hit internationally (Billboard magazine recorded it as peaking at 23rd position in 1958) and also was popular as copied (ie, played virtually in its original form) by the US bassist Johnni