Alley Cat Strut Oscar Holden Jun 2026

Most modern listeners are familiar not with Oscar’s solo piano original, but with a later version recorded by in 1954 for the Seattle Jazz Anthology . On that recording, the "Alley Cat Strut" is expanded:

: Henry and Keiko first hear Holden perform the song at a jazz club. Keiko later buys a 78 rpm record of it titled Oscar Holden & the Midnight Blue: The Alley Cat Strut . alley cat strut oscar holden