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Ken Hanna: 'Jazz for Dancers'

Ken Hanna: 'Jazz for Dancers'

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

As record-industry profits surged in the mid-1950s with the introduction of the 12-inch LP and advent of fancier phonograph consoles, labels upped their recording quotas. A higher total number of albums needed to be recorded by year's end meant producers taking a few extra risks, especially in the New York and jny: Los Angeles studios. As a result, the decade is dotted with all sorts of obscure recordings, some terrific and others not so much. Admittedly, there were plenty of ...

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