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Fnarf @fnarf.bsky.social

...this copy, still in shrink, I had to have it. Buddy Collette is my hero. The book of interviews with Buddy by Steven Isoardi, Generations in Jazz, is a fascinating look at the long-gone Central Avenue jazz scene in Los Angeles. Of particular interest is Buddy's central role in integrating the ...

sep 1, 2025, 6:15 pm • 1 0

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Fnarf @fnarf.bsky.social

music union in L.A., and as the first Black musician in the Oscars ceremony, and a million other things he accomplished, this record among them. Collette, ts, as, fl; John Anderson, tp; Gerald Wiggins, p; Jimmy Hall, g; Curtis Counce, b; Chico Hamilton, d. Buddy wrote 5 of the tunes.

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