Saxophonist Hal McKusick [pictured] and I talk often by phone. During one of our recent chats, I asked him for some of his favorite musicians in the '40s and '50s who aren't well known today by many jazz fans. Here's Hal's list of little-known players he admired and his brief comments:
Angelo Tompros—"I knew him in Boyd Raeburn's band in '44. A gorgeous…
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