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Dr. Richard Williams
Gigi Gryce + Richard Williams
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Last week, I posted on composer-arranger and alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce and his Jazz Lab partnership with trumpeter Donald Byrd in 1957. I also mentioned that that their union came to an end when Byrd went off to Paris for six months starting in July 1958. Upon his return in December, Byrd began recording as a leader for Blue Note, starting with Off to the Races. Today I want to pick up with the Gryce storyline. In the year that ...
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Richard Williams: New Horn in Town
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
A couple of weeks ago, I posted on Red Garland's sole recording session with Oliver Nelson in March 1961. The trumpeter on the date was Richard Williams, who many readers admired but knew little about. Curiously, Williams recorded only one leadership date—for Nat Hentoff's short-lived Candid label. It's called New Horn in Town and featured Leo Wright on alto sax and flute, Richard Wyands on piano, Reggie Workman on bass and Bobby Thomas on drums. New Horn in Town was ...
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