2: Trumpeter and Singer, JACK SHELDON. For many years he was bandleader and sidekick for Merv Griffin's talkshow. SHELDON has been involved with some of the great names of jazz: he sang with Benny Goodman, was a childhood friend of Chet Baker's, and played burlesque with Lenny Bruce. He's just released a new record of standards: "On My Own" (Concord Records).
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