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Tim Hagans, a fantastic post-bop-oriented trumpeter, was using the orchestras of Stan Kenton (1974-1977) and Woody Herman (1977), before moving to Sweden (1977-1981) where he used Sahib Shihab, Ernie Wilkins’ Almost Big Music group, the Danish Radio Orchestra (that was then directed by Thad Jones), and Dexter Gordon. After time …

Once described simply by none apart from George Clinton mainly because “probably the most phenomenal musician on earth,” Walter “Junie” Morrison recorded several albums of his own but produced his tag assembling a number of the biggest funk extravaganzas from the 1970s and ’80s, through the Ohio Players’ first number …