George Chisholm's All Stars

George Chisholm might have been considered one of the greatest trombonists in jazz had he not happened to be born in Scotland, according to at least one of the major critics in the genre. The esteemed Leonard Feather even goes so far as to describe Chisholm's first moments of existence -- the setting is Glasgow, late in the winter of 1915 -- as "accidents of birth." The trombonist must have liked the scent of haggis because he stayed put in Glasgow for most of his career, certainly denying him the type of access to mainstream jazz business contacts that a New Yorker might have...