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Although virtually unidentified to everyone through the swing era, Gene Gifford was an extremely influential arranger whose work for the Casa Loma Orchestra predated the rise of Benny Goodman. Gifford was raised in Memphis, Tennessee, and he both organized and performed banjo along with his high school music group. Gifford …

An excellent interpreter of lyrics, Eden Atwood began her jazz profession with some excellent recordings for Concord. Elevated in Montana, Atwood researched theatre and musical theatre at university but became thinking about jazz, with 19 she started performing locally. Although she worked well like a model and an celebrity, Atwood …