Jimmy Rowles was the dean of West Coast jazz pianists. Not only was he a tasty favorite of jazz giants in Los Angeles in the 1940s, including Lee and Lester Young, he was a preeminent studio pianist with Swing Era bandleaders, top jazz recording artists and leading pop and jazz vocalists. To give you an idea of how prolific and eclectic a pianist Rowles…
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