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Alan Broadbent and the WDR Big Band

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Marc Myers
Jul 09, 2024
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Most jazz fans know pianist Alan Broadbent best as a trio leader, composer, arranger and accompanist. But he has also had an extraordinary career as a songwriter and conductor of big bands and orchestras. [Photo above of Alan Broadbent]


Back in April 1973, Woody Herman and His Orchestra recorded Alan's marvelous song and arrangement of Be-bop and Roses. …

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