reedman
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Origin of reedman
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He credits fellow Chicago reedman Roscoe Mitchell and a comment he once made to him: “Don’t play on the 1!”
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021
His father, who ran his family’s wholesale grocery business, also was a reedman who jammed with visiting musicians including Jack Teagarden and Jimmy Dorsey.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019
This is a tribute album to guitarist Jim Hall and reedman Jimmy Giuffre, who have rarely been covered, but Quiet Revolution proves they ought to be.
From Slate • Dec. 10, 2018
In his first season, he brought in one of his heroes, the protean avant-garde reedman Anthony Braxton , who sometimes tends toward atonality and abstruse harmonies.
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2017
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