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b. Herman Wallace, 18 June 1925, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, d. 28 Feb 1996, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Among the unregarded mainstays from the St. Louis blues picture, Wallace spent the 50s and 60s as an associate of influential regional rings led by trumpeter and disk jockey Gabriel and ‘Big’ …

Cal Tjader was undoubtedly probably the most popular non-Latino leader of Latin jazz rings, a fantastic distinction. From your 1950s until his loss of life, he was virtually the point guy between your worlds of Latin jazz and mainstream bop; his light, rhythmic, joyous vibraphone way could comfortably accept both …