Modesto Briseño (1938-1965) was one of jazz’s shooting stars that blazed briefly in the 1950s and 1960s.
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JAZZ SCENE USA – INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND The following excerpt is taken from Steve Allen’s autobiography covering his fifty years in radio and television, HI-HO, STEVERINO! My Adventures in the Wonderful Wacky World of TV, Barricade Books, Fort Lee, NJ, © 1992 by Steve Allen. In 1961, the year following our removal from NBC’s line-up, the […]
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