2:53COLEMAN HAWKINS & HIS ORCHESTRA With DIZZY GILLESPIE: Disorder At The Border (Apollo 753, 10” 1944)
Oscar Pettiford, Mamie Smith, Max Roach
1940sStudioRare
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Oscar Pettiford was an American jazz double bassist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom.
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