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Leonard Feather Said It
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
"The story of the Shearing sound is interesting. I had encouraged George to come over from England in '46. He stayed about three months, did one record date for Savoy, and went back home. When I saw him in London in the summer of '47, he was playing accordion in some band. But that winter he returned and settled in a small apartment in Queens. Since I had helped produce his first records in London, I went to all the ...
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University of Idaho's International Jazz Collections Announces Debut of Leonard Feather Collection
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All About Jazz
MOSCOW, Idaho - The smoky voice of Billie Holiday croons a new rendition of Good Morning Heartache" as Tony Scott joins in with clarinet and jazz critic Leonard Feather accompanies on the piano. The 1956 recording is just one of numerous unreleased jazz recordings and documents recently digitized and now available to the public through the University of Idaho's International Jazz Collections, a component of Special Collections and Archives in the University Library.
The IJC, through Safe Sound Archive in ...
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