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NYJO Featuring Atila the Killer Diller: Something Old, Something New
by Jack Bowers
Great Britain's superlative National Youth Jazz Orchestra, which celebrates its fortieth birthday in October (how the time does fly!), has had a number of topnotch vocalists through the years, most of them female--Jenny Howe, Annabel Williams, Jacqui Hicks, Lorraine Craig, Sheena Davies, Sumudu Jayatilaka--and now comes their male counterpart, personable Atila Huseyin, nicknamed by the band Atila the Killer Diller.
To me, Atila hasn't yet earned the status of Killer Diller, but I'm a tough sell, having grown up listening ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
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