One of my favorite West Coast jazz arrangers is saxophonist Bill Holman. His work for ensembles of all sizes, from quintets to big bands, is gorgeous. While listening to Richie Kamuca's albums yesterday from 1956 and '57, I was thunderstruck by an octet session Bill played on and arranged. Which made me think about how superb all of Bill's many octet se…
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