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    Pirate Troubadour Roaming the Seas of Improvisation

    Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:15:12

    John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Wayne Shorter


    Pirate Troubadour Roaming the Seas of Improvisation

    Blame it on John Coltrane, whose classic 1961 album, “Live at the Village Vanguard,” landed in Mr. Vazquez’s record collection when he was 14. “That was the second jazz record I ever owned,” Mr. Vazquez, 51, said at his apartment here. The first was J. ...Full Story at The New York Times »

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