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First Take Trio: Recollections
by Jack Bowers
When Michael Anthony left home in the late 1950s for the bright lights of Hollywood, one of the resident artists who took him under his wing was fellow guitarist Howard Roberts, already established as one of the film and television industry's top studio musicians as well as an esteemed jazz virtuoso whose work with the Chico Hamilton Quintet and other groups led to his earning a DownBeat magazine New Star Award in 1955. Roberts took me on as a student," ...
read moreHost Michael Anthony Celebrates 10 Years On The Air!
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All About Jazz
On Saturday, April 22nd radio personality Michael Anthony celebrates ten years as host of the jazz/standards program The Unforgettables, on WHPC 90.3FM (Saturday's 7-10PM). This unique show is heard throughout Long Island and New York City.
Nearly 300 of the best known vocalists, instrumentalists, arrangers and songwriters from the past seventy years have all been guests. Peggy Lee, Oscar Peterson, Joe Williams, Lionel Hampton, Dianne Reeves, Bill Charlap, Barney Kessel, Artie Shaw, Regina Carter, Johnny Mandel are just a few ...
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