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Backgrounder: Barry Galbraith - 'Guitar and the Wind'

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Marc Myers
Aug 16, 2023
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Barry Galbraith was one of New York's busiest session jazz guitarists in the 1950s and '60s. Between 1941 and the late 1970s, he was on 620 recording dates, a staggering total. How many albums did he record as a leader under his name? Just one—Guitar and the Wind, for Decca. What a shame that Decca didn't record a few more like this one.

The album is bea…

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