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Johnny Richards

Johnny Richards was one of the most progressive-minded arrangers from the 1950s and ’60s, turning away big, heavily orchestrated scores using a sometimes unabashed usage of dissonance and an excellent experience for Latin rhythms. His music continues to be called “provocatively multi-colored,” though regarding his notoriously portentous “Prologue” for the …

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