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Interview: David Amram (Part 4)

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Marc Myers
Nov 19, 2007
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In Part 4 of my interview with jazz and classical composer and musicians David Amram, he talks about bassist Oscar Pettiford and Pettiford's all-star orchestra in the mid-1950s as well as his work for off-Broadway shows...

JazzWax: When did you meet Oscar Pettiford?
David Amram: I met Oscar at the Café Bohemia in the fall of 1955. Café Bohemia was where e…

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