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Nehring/Koller & Braid: Set In Stone
by Budd Kopman
The Canadian music scene continues to bubble. One of Canada's almost mythical jazz musicians is trumpeter and flugelhornist ---> Fred Stone (1935-86). Stone was the first Canadian to join Duke Ellington's band, and the experience changed him, leading him to become an increasingly unique composer and arranger. This homage to Stone treats his music with a kind of reverence. Stone wrote all the compositions except Shostakovich's Demetri's Theme," which he arranged; Zeynebim," a traditional tune; and the ...
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