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Bergman, Nestico, Mandel Share Stage at Newport Beach Jazz Party
In the sphere of jazz, swing and Golden Age big band, count Alan Bergman, Johnny Mandel and Sammy Nestico as living legends.
The fact that all three shared the stage
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March 2015
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Horace Silver: In Pursuit
Horace Silver remembers a time years ago in a Boston hotel room when he wrote out the idea for a new tune on a cardboard bath mat. He doesn’t have to do that today, of course; the creative process has been augmented by the miniature tape recorder tha
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Maynard Ferguson Looks Forward to New Leading Career
Dubbed “showboater,” “crowd pleaser” and “exhibitionist” for years, Maynard Ferguson, one of the most talked-about trumpet players of his generation, is today crashing the barrier of those accusations and finding himself on the threshold of a ne
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Tony Williams: Two Decades of Drum Innovation
Tony Williams erupted onto the jazz scene in 1963 as a 17-year-old prodigy with a full-blown, volcanic style of drumming that would blow hard-bop tastiness out the door. Williams’ arrival was hailed with a great deal of fanfare. The week he came with
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Freddy Cole: Melody Man
Freddy Cole is a singer and a pianist. Outside of a couple of showpieces he was compelled to compose by way of acknowledging and freeing himself from the looming presence of his famous brother, Nat Cole (“I’m Not My Brother, I’m Me” and “He Was The K
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