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An underrated clarinetist, Joe Muranyi was most widely known to be the clarinetist with the ultimate version from the Louis Armstrong All-Stars (1967-1971) but he previously an active single in the next years. Although he examined at one stage with Lennie Tristano, Muranyi’s primary musical curiosity was generally in pre-bop …

The Community Stompers tend to be misidentified like a folk group, due to the early-’60s era if they were at their peak, also to their name, along with the title of the only hit, “Washington Square,” which together evoke images of earnest young folksingers strumming acoustic guitars in New York’s …