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Backgrounder: George Braith - 'Extension' (1967)

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Marc Myers
Jul 18, 2025
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Imagine recording an album and waiting three years for it to come out. That's what happened to saxophonist George Braith with Extension (Blue Note), after recording it in 1964. The delay surely had something to do with the fact that he had already released two other LPs for the label—Soulstream (1963) and Laughing Soul (1966). Or it could have been that…

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