After writing about baritone saxophonist Cecil Payne on Tuesday, I started thinking about Danny Bank, who played baritone in quite a few bands in the 1940s and beyond.
So I gave Danny a call yesterday afternoon. We talked a little about Payne—“He had such a great sound. Dizzy’s band had hard music to play. Cecil was terrific, and so nice whenever we'd ru…
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