Yesterday, I wrote about Cross Country Suite (1958), a Grammy-winning symphonic jazz-folk album that was composed by Nelson Riddle, orchestrated by Bill Jones and featured Buddy De Franco on clarinet. A love letter to the American landscape, the album features 11 tracks, each an impressionistic rendering of a different region of the country. Taken toget…
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