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Johnny Hodges, Clark Terry, Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in ‘58
Jazz Icons
DVD - This epic performance includes legendary players Clark Terry, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Quentin Jackson and Ray Nance performing some of the most beloved American music ever written. -- Jazzitude.com
Stuart Nicholson
Billie Holiday (Music)
Northeastern
Doug Ramsey
Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond
Parkside Publications, Inc.
Rarely in the annals of jazz biography has a subject's career been documented so thoroughly... a monumental work. -- Downbeat Magazine
Charles Mingus
Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64
The iconoclast among icons. This DVD gives witness to three of Mingus's finest live performances, with one of his most potent groups on fire. -- Bass Player Magazine
Wes Montgomery
Jazz Icons: Wes Montgomery Live in '65
DVD - Close-ups of Montgomery's hands traversing the fretboard should be required viewing for any aspiring jazz guitarist. -- The Boston Phoenix
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