Bill Le Sage

Bill Le Sage: New Directions in Jazz

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 1, 2023

If British pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, composer and bandleader Bill Le Sage had an American counterpart, that musician would probably be Mundell Lowe. Like Mundy, Le Sage (pronounced like massage) was exemplary on his instruments, and he arranged and composed for groups of all sizes and wrote for TV and the movies. Le Sage was so busy with projects that he didn't get around to recording as a leader until 1963, when he was 36. He directed a group called New ...
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