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George Graham: How About Me?
by Dave Nathan
Trumpet/flugelhorn player George Graham brings to this session a long and distinguished career working in the film and TV studios membership in the Bob Florence and Tom Kubis bands. He still works with the Kubis outfit. Both Florence and Kubis have important roles on this Graham's second album as a leader. Florence is at the piano and Kubis solos on alto and soprano saxophone on seven of the cuts. But most importantly, Kubis uses his electric orchestra" to create the ...
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by Jack Bowers
For one who’s used to hearing trumpeter George Graham lead the cavalry through one breathtaking big–band chart after another, How About Me? takes some getting used to — but once one has surmounted that barrier he (or she) can take pleasure in an abundance of lovely music, wonderfully played. In using a “string orchestra” (to be more precise, a largely electronic equivalent of same presided over by ace arranger Tom Kubis), Graham is following in the footsteps of a number ...
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by Jack Bowers
The first thing one notices about trumpeter George Graham is his absolutely gorgeous tone; the second is that no matter how small or elusive the musical target, he never misses; the third is that this consummate lead trumpeter is also a remarkably sure–fingered and persuasive Jazz soloist. We could go on, but you get the idea. Most of us have heard the one about the singer who’d rather dance, and vice versa. In most cases the singer or dancer has ...
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