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Billy VerPlanck

Billy Verplanck: A Joyous Life

April 30, 2013

The late trombonist-arranger Billy VerPlanck isn't particularly well known to jazz fans today—but he should be. Throughout his career, from the late 1940s to 2009, Billy had a delicate, swinging touch when writing for bands—more harmonic interplay and seduction than sheer bombast and section muscle. VerPlanck's real first name was John; he named himself Billy after ...