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Gene DiNovi

Main influences: Teddy Wilson, Mel Powell, Ellis Larkins, and Duke Ellington. Like a precocious 15-year-old, Gene DiNovi worked well in 1943 with bandleader Henry Jerome, who was simply in those days getting ready to convert his Hal Kemp-styled dance music group into a contemporary bop ensemble. DiNovi’s changeover from golf …

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