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About Eddie Bert

Album Review

Red Norvo's The Secret Session arrives like a message in a bottle, its cork finally loosened after more than 80 years. Recorded in late 1942, in the dead of night and against the grain of wartime caution and a recording ban called by the American Federation of Musicians union, these sides capture a septet caught between eras. Besides Norvo, the band featured musicians who would go on to become stars in their own right, including trumpeter Shorty Rogers, trombonist Eddie ...

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Eddie Bert

by Elliott Simon
October 2, 2004

Beginning with swing and then flowing into bop, Broadway and beyond, trombonist Eddie Bert has lent his perfect sense of timing, touch, and tone to sessions led by the best. An integral part of influential recordings and landmark concerts for more than six decades, Bert remains a busy player and at the age of 82 is a headliner at this month's gala, “Remembering Jazz at the Brooklyn Paramount". As a youngster, Bert's early fascination with jazz led ...