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Brev Sullivan: Ira: The Tribute Album

Read "Ira: The Tribute Album" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


Ira Sullivan was customarily described as a “musician's musician." First in Chicago, later in Miami, it was always certain that whatever he was playing--trumpet or sax-- would be a delight. Someone once said, more or less, he can blow most people away on their own horns. That may account for a certain tentativeness in acknowledging just how good he was. Listening to him and Red Rodney or Johnny Griffin together was a particular treat--two (or more) boppers for the price ...

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Blue Road Records Band: Ira: The Tribute Album

Read "Ira: The Tribute Album" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The “Ira" whose name appears above the marquee here is the late Ira Sullivan, a remarkable musician known as much for his versatility as his creativity. Sullivan, whose career spanned seven decades until his death in September 2020 at age eighty-nine, is warmly saluted on Ira: The Tribute Album by the six-member Blue Road Records Band, whose members include Sullivan's son, Brev, on lead guitar. Another member, guitarist Miriam Stone, is a long-time Ira Sullivan fan and owner of Miami's ...


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