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One of the many sturdy jazz players from the Pittsburgh scene, Albert Aarons was a fixture in Count Basie’s band, a sideman with jazz heavyweights such as vocalist Ella Fitzgerald and tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons, and was one of the older dudes in the studio for later jazz-funk fusion projects such as School Days by Stanley Clarke

A. Spencer Barefield Biography, Photos, Pictures

A Spencer Barefield is a sensitive, understated guitarist despite the fact he played, for a time, with high-voltage bandleader Roscoe Mitchell The Detroit-based guitarist’s acoustic riffs, licks and phrases found a home in Mitchell’s Sound/Space Ensembles during the ’70s and ’80s

Credited almost equally as Al Beldini, Al Baldini, and Al Beldiny, this is a drummer who sometimes doubled as a vocalist with bands He may have picked up some of this musical versatility from his father, a professional picker on stringed instruments such as banjo, mandolin, and violin

Alto, baritone sax, clarinet Red-hot player who also holds a master’s degree in music from Louisiana State University, Al Belletto was able to make transitions from traditional jazz to swing to bop

Musicians that have the same name are often mistaken for each other, yet few of these foul-ups hold the potential for such utter and complete confusion as the Al Bernard story

This pianist worked as an accompanist to some of the great jazz vocalists, including Billie Holiday, Ruth Brown, and Johnny Hartman Despite traveling the world, he often stayed close to home with a series of long-running stints at various popular Big Apple nightspots

Saxophonist Al Caldwell played in the Don Junker Big Band in the ’90s and should not be confused with the jazz saxophonist Albert “Happy” Caldwell, who died in 1978

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Renowned for his long collaboration with Fats Waller, Al Casey towers alongside the finest acoustic guitarists of the swing era, boasting a subtly powerful presence that flourished in intimate musical contexts

An excellent tenor saxophonist and a superior arranger/composer, Al Cohn was greatly admired by his fellow musicians Early gigs included associations with Joe Marsala (1943), Georgie Auld, Boyd Raeburn (1946), Alvino Rey, and Buddy Rich (1947)