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Dorsey postwarJazzwax master blogger Marc Myers’ mention of the late arranger Bill Finegan yesterday reminded me that I did a show about Tommy Dorsey’s post-World War II orchestra a couple of years ago when I hosted WFIU’s The Big Bands. As Marc points out, Finegan crafted some fantastic arrangements for that particular Dorsey ensemble. In an e-mail followup exchange he asked if the program was still available…

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Long yellow road*Mosaic Records will release a three-CD Select set of mid-1970s RCA Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin big-band recordings later this year.

*I can say with confidence that Peter Pullman’s long-awaited Bud Powell biography has taken a big step towards finally achieving publication–more details soon, hopefully.

Elsewhere around the jazz blogosphere this past week…

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