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Backgrounder: Russ Garcia - 4 Horns and a Lush Life

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Marc Myers
Jun 09, 2023
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There are great jazz albums and then there are tasty great jazz albums. This is the latter—Russ Garcia's Four Horns and a Lush Life (Bethlehem). Recorded in Hollywood in November 1955, the band featured four gorgeous trombonists: Frank Rosolino, Herb Harper, Maynard Ferguson and Tommy Pederson (tb) backed by Dick Houlgate (bs), Marty Paich (p), Red Mitc…

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