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Possessor of the very most beautiful tone have you ever heard in jazz, altoist Johnny Hodges formed his design in early stages and had little cause to change it all through the years. Although he could stomp with the very best golf swing players and was masterful around the blues, …

Using the dynamic, swirling sounds of his Hammond B-3 organ, Wild Bill Davis supplied a bridge in the big band swing from the 1930s and ’40s towards the organ-driven R&B from the 1950s and early ’60s. As well as guitarist Floyd Smith and drummer Chris Columbus, Davis established the construction …