Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker
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John Zorn’s intimate venue, The Stone, bases its calendar around selections made by invited curators, but few of them elect to actually perform on all dates of their given stint. The English saxophonist Evan Parker chose to appear at every gig of his two week residency…
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