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Pete Fountain and his Basin Street Six
Scott Yanow
March 29, 2022
George Girard (1930-57) could have been a big star but his life was tragically cut short by cancer. A technically skilled Dixieland/swing trumpeter with an
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Zutty Singleton • Icon Of New Orleans Drumming
Scott Yanow
March 29, 2022
Zutty Singleton (1898-1975) was long overdue for a retrospective on CD. During 1924-69, he was on nearly 200 sessions. While most listeners probably think of
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Paul Barbarin • Streets Of The City
Scott Yanow
March 29, 2022
504 Records (named after the area code of New Orleans) was founded by Mike Dine in 1979. Dine was a jazz fan from England who
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Chris Barber & Ken Colyer on Record
Scott Yanow
March 28, 2022
It was a short-term musical partnership but it helped to launch several major careers in the British trad jazz movement. Trombonist Chris Barber (1930-2021) had