He gave the first performances of many pieces at the same time that they were being recorded! Many of those recordings are currently released on the MCA label as "Sleigh Ride - The Best of Leroy ...

A. "Sleigh Ride" was one of the first things I wrote when I got out of the Army and moved up here to Wood bury, Connecticut. Actually, I first came here in 1946; you may remember there was a ...