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Russ Bryant: Never Assume
by C. Michael Bailey
More new music from Louisiana. But do not mistake this for Zydeco, no.
Mainstream jazz is alive and well and living in Louisiana. My mailbox has been populated as of late with a number of good recordings from artists that, in one way or another, have a connection to Dr. Alvin Batiste, famed clarinetist and professor at Southern University in Baton Rouge. The most recent in this procession is the young saxophonist Russ Bryant.
Reared in Atlanta, Bryant began his ...
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