Swingin' Into Spring, Poston-Style

Jack Bowers

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A former newspaper writer / editor who has been writing about big-band Jazz for more than fifteen years.

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Published: June 4, 2007

Many thanks to Ken Poston and the L.A. Jazz Institute for putting together such a marvelous event. I become fatigued simply imagining all the work that must have gone into it. And always the visionary, Poston is busy planning the next one, whose tentative dates are October 4-7 with a "bonus trip October 3 to the Whiskey-a-Go-Go on Sunset Boulevard for an all-star tribute to Buddy Rich. The lineup hasn't been set but the names Holman and Florence have been mentioned. Stay tuned . . .

That's it for now. Until next time, when we pay our respects to the great Buddy Childers, keep swingin'!

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