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David "Panama" Francis, legendary drummer noted for a career remarkable for its longevity—dating from Harlem jazz spots of the 1930s to Hollywood movie sets of the 1990s—but for its sheer scope as well. Who else could have claimed to have worked with Cab Calloway, Frankie Valli, Dinah Shore,The Platters and LaVerne Baker, to name just a few of his colleagues.He then established himself as a dynamic leader of the revived Savoy Sultans. David Albert Francis was born on December 21, 1918, in Miami, Florida. He played drums at a young age and gained most of his early experience on the instrument at church meetings around his hometown

Article: Interview

Glenn Zottola: A Jazz Life - On the Road and In Demand

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 20, 2015

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 World-renown trumpeter, saxophonist, musical director, producer and entrepreneur. These are but a mere handful of words that describe the vast talent in Glenn Zottola's bag of musical marvels. There are others: child prodigy, creative genius, “musical natural" and aural savant also percolate rapidly to mind. Now ...

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Gettin' In The Groove

By Panama Francis

Label: Black And Blue
Released: 2004

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Panama Francis and his Savoy Sultans

By Panama Francis

Label: Unknown label
Released: 1979

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Tribute To Count Basie

By Wallace Davenport

Label: RCA Camden
Released: 1974
Track listing: Swingin' The Blues; Broadway; Blue And Sentimental; Goin' To Chicago; Lester Leaps in; One O'Clock Jump;

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Sin & Soul

By Oscar Brown Jr.

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1960
Track listing: Work Song; But I Was Cool ; Bid 'Em High; Signifyin' Monkey; Watermelon Man; Somebody By Me A Drink; Rags And Old Iron; Dat Dere; Brown Baby; Humdrum Blues; Sleepy; Afro Blue.

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