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Although these were pegged to be the post-punk era’s next big thing, Boston’s Human Sexual Response did the contrary, and crashed and burned after four years and two albums. But throughout their brief existence, they produced a considerable buzz within their hometown and on the East Coastline for his or …

Tenor-saxophonist George Garzone, a well-respected educator at Berklee and a flexible improviser, shaped the Fringe (along with bassist Richard Appleman and drummer Bob Gullotti) in order to come with an outlet to be able to improvise quite freely. The initial unit documented three albums because of their Ap-Gu-Ga label (called …

Vocalist Frances Wayne recorded using the rings of Charlie Barnet and Woody Herman before signing up for a music group formed by her hubby, Neal Hefti (another Herman alum), from the mid-’40s. Delivered in 1924, Wayne shifted to NY as an adolescent and sang with an organization led by her …