Leonard Feather, 1988
from NPR: Piano jazz short podcast
Leonard Feather (1914 – 1994) was hailed as "the Dean of Jazz Journalists." He critiqued artists for Downbeat, Melody Maker, Wire, and his own weekly syndicated column for the Los Angeles Times. He authored works including The Jazz Years: Ear Witness to an Era and The Encyclopedia of Jazz. Feather also played piano and composed works recorded by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Sarah Vaughan, to name a few. On this 1988 Piano Jazz, he solos on "Lost in the Stars" and an original "Blues Medley."
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