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Backtrack: Nostalgia

JazzWax by Marc Myers Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

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On this date in 1956, Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley drove over New York's George Washington Bridge on their way to Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, N.J., to finish work on Introducing Lee Morgan for Savoy. Joining them on the session were pianist Hank Jones, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Taylor. One of the tracks they recorded 55 years ago today was Tadd Dameron's Nostalgia, a song based on Out of Nowhere. Take a November moment to listen to a perfect quintet take on a perfect tune...

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