They go back 65 years, all the way back to Boyd Raeburn's band, and last night David Allyn [pictured] and Johnny Mandel were reunited for the first time in years at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in New York. David, 90, is a singer's singer and still among the most sensitive big band vocalists in the business. David was in town to see Johnny, 84, lead the DIVA …
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