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Harold Land
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Harold Land (1928 – 2001) was an excellent tenorsax player who became recognized through his participation in the Clifford Brown / Max Roach Quintet in 1954-55, but continued to be active until end of century… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Tenorsax
Buster Smith
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Buster Smith (1904 – 1991) was a Kansas City altosax player repudiated to have a profound influence on the young Charlie Parker… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Altosax
Frank Foster
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Frank Foster (1928 – 2011) was an excellent mainstream tenorsax player, first known for his long time work with the Count Basie orchestra in the fifties and sixties but later as an important arranger and bandleader… … Read entire article »
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Chick Webb
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Chick Webb (1909? – 1939) was one of the greatest bigband drummers in vintage jazz ever, but he was born with utterly bad health, and what he managed to attain during his short life was a true miracle … … Read entire article »
Filed under: Drums
Putney Dandridge
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Putney Dandridge (1902 – 1946) was an entertainer known for his 1935-36 recording sessions with star studded personnel, but many do not realize that he was an exceptional vocalist with his own original ideas, deserving to have a nice place in jazz history… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Vocal
Erroll Garner
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Erroll Garner (1921 – 1977) was one of the most brilliant jazz pianists the world has ever seen, combining enormous improvisational capabilities with a colourful style destined to conquer the hearts even of those not close to jazz, a unique artist, but he smoked too much… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Piano
Henri Crolla
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Henri Crolla (1920 – 1960) was a fine Italian/French guitarist ready to take over when Django passed away, but his life ended much too early from illness… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Guitar