The late 1970s was a weird time for acoustic jazz. The profitability of rock and soul in the late 1960s and early '70s had drained the talent in jazz departments at all record labels. If you worked on the jazz side and hadn't made the leap to producing rock and soul artists, you were most likely fired or you left in disgust. With the diminished standing…
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