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The Girl’s Suite (Podcast #26-006)
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“The Girl’s Suite” is a 1961 tribute to singers Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn and Mahalia Jackson.
The recordings heard on this podcast episode:
Girls/Lena/Mahalia/Dinah/Sylvia (“The Girl’s Suite And The Perfume Suite” Columbia FC 38028)
Recorded 19 September 1961, Los Angeles
Willie Cook, Edward Mullens, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance – trumpet; Louis Blackburn, Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul…
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