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?'s for David Friedman about CTI Records '71-75

David,

I’d like to ask if you’d take another trip down memory lane with regards to your experiences regarding for Creed Taylor’s CTI Records as well with Rudy Van Gelder (engineer). My discovery of you started with Hubert Laws’s records, and fortunately my local AM jazz radio station was really great about naming the sidemen on all the records they played. You were well-known around my area.

Remembering Kenny Wheeler

Hi Everyone,

Great contemporary jazz composer and trumpeter, Kenny Wheeler died last week. I've always loved Kenny's music, particularly the "Sweet Time Suite" recorded on Music for Large and Small Ensemble. I worked out a vibes adaptation of the chorale-like opening movement a while back and revisited it yesterday when I heard the news.

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