Schnickelfritz...schnickelbop

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Freddie Fischer, aka Schnickelfritz. An erstwhile Spike Jones type ensemble, these guys were hilarious. Check out this appreciation page. There are links to a number of off beat bancs from the old days.

Check out "Schnickelbop"

http://www.hezzie.com/ff/

[Big Beat Steve]

Yeah, Schnickelbop was cool.

Always liked that one ever since I found it on a complilation LP.

Don't know where I first came across this "Freddie Schnickelfritz Fisher and his Schnickelfritzers" (maybe some Ray Avery set sale lists?) but a name like this just is bound to be remembered (especially if you read about it in a Jazz context

Edited November 24, 2006 by Big Beat Steve