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Harry “Sweets” Edison is perhaps best known for providing chrome-tinged obbligatos: Photos, Videos MUSICIANS VIDEOS Harry “Sweets” Edison is perhaps best known for providing chrome-tinged obbligatos: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU January 31, 2019 Trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison is perhaps best known for providing chrome-tinged obbligatos behind jazz-pop singers. His muted...Read More
Legrand’s jazz recordings began with Dizzy Gillespie and the Paris Operatic Strings in Paris in 1953: Photos, Videos MUSICIANS VIDEOS Legrand’s jazz recordings began with Dizzy Gillespie and the Paris Operatic Strings in Paris in 1953: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU January 30, 2019 Michel Legrand, a French pianist who began his career writing arrangements for jazz and pop musicians in...Read More
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