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Kenny Wheeler – Trumpet Poet
Kenny Wheeler was one of the most important trumpet players and composers in the history of Jazz. Born in Canada on January 14th, 1930 and naturalized citizen of Britain, Kenny absorbed all of the previous styles of trumpet to forge his own language and lead the way for future generations. As a composer he has […]
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Eddie Harris – Multi-talented Musical Genius
Eddie Harris – saxophonist, vocalist, pianist, trumpeter, composer, and instrument inventor, was one of the underrated heroes of jazz. Born in 1934 in Chicago, he started his musical life as a singer in a Baptist church. Although he had a million seller record with his version of the movie theme Exodus on the album […]
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Steve Lacy – Soprano Sax Master
Looking back on my many years of residence in Paris, one of the musical associations of which I am most proud was touring and recording with the marvelous soprano sax player and composer Steve Lacy. He called me in 1984 to help him prepare the recording and performances of “Futurities” (Hat Hut, 1985 – […]