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Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz In Los Angeles (1921-1956)

Label: Rhino
Released: 1999

Various: Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz In Los Angeles (1921-1956)

by Mark Corroto
October 1, 1999

Face it--when it comes to stories, jazz beats all other genres, hands down. Whether real or semi-fictional, tales of jazzmen are superior to anything every told of aging Betty-Ford-Clinic-rehabbed rockers. Think about Jack Kerouac’s excitement facing the Buddha-like Charlie Parker in his novel On The Road, or Michael Ondaatje’s fictionalized account of the life of Buddy ...