One reason pop rock sounded so good in the 1960s was because many musicians who appeared on the recordings began as jazz studio musicians in Los Angeles in the late 1950s. They were brilliant sight-readers, understood swing and improvisation, and had the ability to play in any style and add their own twists to give the music lift. One of these gifted se…
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