“Jumpin’ Punkins,” by Duke Ellington.

The master version of “Jumpin’ Punkins” is included in a 3-disc compilation, “The Blanton-Webster Band”, which was released in 1990. I’ve owned it since around 1995, listening to it hundreds of times (again this morning), and still I hear new bits. The period was Duke Ellington’s creative zenith, almost every song is essential, and I’ll always look to music, art and literature for inspiration in the craft beer business.