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  1. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Randy L. Smith - 23 August 2022

    JJ 08/66: Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto Volume Two + Stan Getz - Jazz Journal (opens the original)

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    Sixty years ago, Mark Gardner was pleased to see Getz/Gilberto Volume Two containing some straightahead jazz, but not enough of it. First published in Jazz Journal August 1966 It is a long time since we had an album of Getz minus bossa nova trappings and indeed we are still waiting for such an LP, preferably from Stan’s new group with Steve Swallow and Roy Haynes. The Verve set fills a much-needed gap, though the record is quite different from ‘Getz/Gilberto Volume 1’ which had the saxophonist a

  2. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Randy L. Smith

    Bert Wilson: underground saxophone legend - Jazz Journal (opens the original)

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    Randy Smith remembers a saxophonist who jammed with Joe Lovano, David Liebman, Sonny Simmons and John Coltrane, but whose handicap possibly kept him from greater fame The late reeds man Bill Ramsay told me this story about transplanted Pacific Northwest saxophonist Bert Wilson. Wilson sat in his wheelchair, ready to blow at a wedding reception for his friend, long-time Harry James pianist and arranger, Jack Perciful, in Jack’s backyard in Olympia, Washington. Ramsay continues the story: “So Cath

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