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Turk Murphy: Wild Man Blues & Euphonic Sounds
While Lu Watters was the leader of the pioneering and highly influential Yerba Buena Jazz Band starting in 1941, he retired prematurely in 1950 to
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Dick Hyman: Themes & Variations on “A Child Is Born”
While Dick Hyman has often concentrated in recent decades on playing classic jazz, stride and swing, he is a very rare pianist in that he
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Clancy Hayes Private Collection 1939-72
Clancy Hayes was a unique figure in jazz history, one of its first singer/songwriters and an underrated and versatile musician. He was part of the
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Red Nichols’ Red Heads 1925-27
While the classic Red Nichols and his Five Pennies sessions are in the Brunswick series, Nichols was so prolific during the 1920s that there is
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The Three T’s: Frank Trumbauer with Jack and Charlie Teagarden
In Jan. 1934, trombonist Jack Teagarden, in what he thought was a very good move that would let him ride out the Depression, signed a
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Upbeat Recordings Acquires Jazz Oracle
Jazz Oracle was always a classy label. Their reissues, which were produced by Colin J. Bray, John Wilby and the late John R.T. Davies, featured
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Grey Gull Rarities
When one listens to the 27 selections on Grey Gull Rarities, it is easy to conclude that Grey Gull was one of the top jazz