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The composer arranged at least 8 songs for the trombonist’s swinging mid-1950s band

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Count Basie: Manchester, England, 1963

Also on stage was vocalist Sarah Vaughan and her trio

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‘Thelonious Monk: Live in Paris, 1967’

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The Complete Terry Gibbs Dream Band

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    Marc Myers writes regularly for The Wall Street Journal and is author of "Rock Concert: An Oral History" (Grove), "Anatomy of a Song" (Grove) and "Why Jazz Happened." Founded in 2007, JazzWax has won three Jazz Journalists Association awards.

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