Even though Bobby Jaspar died in New York at 37 of a heart attack in February 1963, he remains one of the finest jazz woodwind players in Europe and the States. Jaspar played a confident and swinging tenor saxophone akin to Stan Getz, a gorgeously fluid clarinet and a warm flute. There are no bad Jaspar recordings. His improvisational skills were richly…
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