Emery Smith: Jazz Master In Hartford
- 11:34 AM — Apr 20 —
- Source: The Hartford Courant - Hartford CT
As one of the last living participants in Hartford's exuberant Golden Age of Jazz after World War II — an era when future giants Horace Silver and Gigi Gryce graced the swinging club scene in the North End — pianist Emery Austin Smith is unquestionably one of the city's grand patriarchs of jazz. Read More
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Gigi Gryce
Biography
Gigi Gryce was a fine altoist in the 1950s, but it was his writing skills (including composing the standard "Minority") that... Read the full Gigi Gryce bio.
Gigi Gryce



