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Ray Nance: Body and Soul

Read "Body and Soul" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Ray Nance recorded Body and Soul, his first album as a leader, in May 1969, almost thirty years after he took over Cootie Williams' trumpet chair in the Duke Ellington orchestra, but only about two years after Billy Strayhorn's death in May 1967, and mere days after Coleman Hawkins' in May 1969. Nance performed “Take the 'A' Train" at Strayhorn's funeral, and “Body and Soul" at Hawk's. Both threnodies are included here as duets with pianist Roland Hanna. Nowhere is ...


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