Memphis produced George Coleman, Hank Crawford, Booker Little, Phineas Newborn, Jr, Jamil Nasser, Charles Lloyd, Harold Mabern, and Louis Smith. And that’s the shortlist.

What the heck was going on there? The great Phil Schaap explains.

More Phil Schaap here:  PhilSchaapJazz.com

 

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