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Horace Parlan overcame physical impairment and thrived like a pianist in spite of it. His correct hand was partly handicapped by polio in his years as a child, but Parlan produced frenetic, extremely rhythmic right-hand phrases section of his quality design, contrasting them with stunning left-hand chords. He also infused …

Explained by influential critic Leonard Feather as “a dynamic song stylist recalling sometimes components of Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan,” Dakota Staton never loved the common acclaim or commercial success of her research points, but continues to be among the soulful and commanding jazz singers from the postwar era. Given …