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Marvin "Doc" Holladay: Sweetness and Light

Read "Sweetness and Light" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Picture in your mind's eye Gerry without Chet but with a dash more rhythm. Got it? Okay, that's not precisely what we have here (Holladay's temperament and purpose are quite unlike Mulligan's, for one thing) but the over-all feeling prevails. This is a pianoless quartet with conguero Ozzie Orengo sitting in for Chet on Sonny Rollins' lively samba, “St. Thomas," and Holladay playing baritone, bass clarinet ("Pas de Deux"), ashanti flute ("St. Thomas") and Ewe double bell. “Pas de Deux" ...

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