Saxophonist Charlie Ventura has gotten a bum rap. For too long he's been thought of as a Coleman Hawkins clone and his vast contributions to jazz and R&B have been overlooked or forgotten. His name no longer comes up in jazz circles and his recordings are rarely heard or praised—probably because he was a 78 rpm guy and didn't make too many albums in the…
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