Bud Shank, Buddy Collette, Curtis Counce, and Art Pepper were among the jazz artists featured at The Haig during 1956.
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THE CY TOUFF / RICHIE KAMUCA SESSIONS
Dick Bock produced two albums, one in late 1955 and the other in early 1956, that remained in the Pacific Jazz / World Pacific catalogue over the next ten years with each being released three times. The Cy Touff / Richie Kamuca sessions recorded on December 4-5, 1955 were originally issued as PJ-1211 with reissued […]
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STARS OF JAZZ premiered on local Los Angeles television, channel 7 KABC, on June 25, 1956. It was a half hour show that aired at 10:30 PM on Monday nights following Lawrence Welk’s New Faces, also an American Broadcasting Company program. Several employees at ABC including producers, writers, and technical staff were jazz fans and […]
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