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Album Review

Chico Hamilton: The Dealer

Read "The Dealer" reviewed by Zachary Weg


Although it came out in 1966, Chico Hamilton's The Dealer (Impulse! Records) still sounds as fresh as Long Beach mist. Leading a quartet that introduced the late guitar virtuoso Larry Coryell and which placed saxophone master Archie Shepp on piano, drummer Hamilton made a record that both showcased his fellow jazz princes and radiated his signature charm. He also crafted an as-yet-unheralded, unexpectedly resonant work of art. Hamilton, who played in high school with Charles Mingus and ...

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Obituary

Arnie Lawrence: Saxophonist, Educator, Peacemaker

Arnie Lawrence: Saxophonist, Educator, Peacemaker

Source: All About Jazz

Born: July 10, 1938 in Brooklyn, NY Died: April 22, 2005 in Jerusalem, Israel

Arnie Lawrence was one of the most tragically underappreciated saxophonists to ever come out of New York. Seemingly aware that he would never achieve the kind of attention that his formidable talents deserved, he threw himself into teaching in the mid-1980s, becoming one of the world’s foremost innovators in jazz education. Eight years ago he moved from New York to Jerusalem, Israel, where he ...

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Arnie Lawrence has left this world.

Arnie Lawrence has left this world.

Source: All About Jazz


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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Arnie Lawrence and...

Meta Records
1983

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Renewal

Meta Records
1982

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Inside An Hour Glass

Meta Records
1970

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Look Toward A Dream

Project 3 Records
1970

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Look Toward A Dream

Meta Records
1968

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You're Gonna Hear...

Meta Records
1966

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