When Elegance Met Jazz: Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley
Nancy Wilson was taking a walk with Rusty Bryant in New York when they bumped into saxophonist Cannonball Adderley at the corner of...
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Drew Layman
- May 9
- 5 min
Hank Marr Trio + 3 – Teentime Latest Dance Steps
By all accounts, organist Hank Marr and tenor saxman Rusty Bryant had a tight personal and professional relationship. But after a March...
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Drew Layman
- Jul 24, 2022
- 3 min
Rusty Bryant – America's Greatest Jazz, Vol II
By 1961, when Rusty Bryant’s America’s Greatest Jazz, Vol II was released, Dot Records' experiment with jazz was all but over. Dot had...
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Drew Layman
- May 20, 2022
- 4 min
Jeanette Williams - To You
Columbus lost a treasure and true legend of the music community when Jeanette Williams passed away in March. One of a small handful of...
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Drew Layman
- Oct 30, 2021
- 3 min
Rusty Bryant Plays Jazz
The artistic leap from Rusty Bryant’s first album, 1956’s America’s Greatest Jazz, to his second, 1958’s Rusty Bryant Plays Jazz, is...
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Drew Layman
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
Chuz Alfred - Jazz Young Blood
After looking at a hot off the press release from Twenty One Pilots in my last post, let’s pivot back over 65 years to one of the...
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Drew Layman
- May 2, 2021
- 4 min
Nancy Wilson - Like In Love
In June 1959, singer Nancy Wilson hopped on a train (back when you could do that sort of thing in Columbus) and went to New York City to...
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Drew Layman
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Hank Marr Quartette - Live At The Club 502
Columbus has a remarkable pool of talented Hammond B-3 organ players. Bobby Floyd, Tony Monaco, Linda Dachtyl, and Nate Hollman are just...
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Drew Layman
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Rusty Bryant And The Carolyn Club Band – America's Greatest Jazz
In 1956, Elvis had the number 1 song with Heartbreak Hotel and Columbus was a very different place from today. Saxophonist Rusty Bryant...
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Drew Layman
- Mar 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Quiet One
I’ve never really known what my ideal pursuit would be. If I ever had any aspiration at all as a kid, I guess being a writer for Rolling...
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