Jazz and Blues Features

Jazz Appreciation Month: Texas Tenor Titans

04.12.2021 - By KNKX Public RadioPlay

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During the 1940s Swing Era, certain big bands began to popularize a saxophone style that would become known as the "Texas Tenor" sound. Nick Morrison’s going to take us back to the beginning of that sound and follow its evolution from the big-band era to 1960s soul music.

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