The Giants of Jazz was a bebop supergroup assembled by George Wein in 1971 after a riot at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., suspended the event. To recoup the losses, George sent the newly formed sextet and the festival itself out on tour. Starting in the fall, the Giants performed in Australia followed by Europe and the U.S. in 1972, where t…
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