I find it interesting that several top jazz guitarists of the '50s steered clear of recording as leaders. Billy Bauer recorded only one album, Plectrist, as a leader in 1956. The same goes for Barry Galbraith, who took charge only on Guitar & the Wind in 1958. There usually are two reasons for this: First, most superb guitarists worked relentlessly as s…
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