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Pianist, composer, manufacturer, and instructor Garry Dial and saxophonist Dick Oatts had already come up with impressive réamountés before joining jointly to create the post-bop duo Dial & Oatts in 1990. A indigenous of Iowa, Oatts became a member of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra immediately after shifting to NY …

A fantastic if underrated tenor saxophonist who frequently sounds directly from the prime many years of Blue Note (most influenced simply by Hank Mobley and Sonny Rollins), Ralph Lalama is a dear soloist in many records. Blessed to a drummer and a vocalist, Lalama is a area of the NY …