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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sonny Fortune

SOURCE: MICHAEL RICCI
May 19, 2009
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When critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names like Coltrane, Cannonball, Young, Bechet, Hawkins and Parker are mentioned. Quite a legacy - but well deserved - for Sonny Fortune embodies all of the finest qualities of those late... more

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