Hour 3 takes the program into a broad pre-war field without reducing that music to a single sound. Calvin Frazier […]
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Posted in: Hour 3
Piano, Quartets, and a Turning Wheel
Hour 3 brings together several distinct strands of the Blues Before Sunrise sound: Brownie McGhee’s blues performances, Jimmy Blythe’s piano […]
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Stride, Swing & Kansas City Swagger
We start things off with a jumpin’ mix of Kansas City swing and Harlem stride piano — a heady, fast-paced […]