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-Jazz Pros Sparkle at Fillmore East by John S. Wilson
Several old jazz pros last night provided the sparkle for the second of the Sunday night “Jazz at the Fillmore” series at Fillmore East. Most of the sparklers were concentrated in a group called the Jazz Giants, led by the stylishly urgent cornetist Wild Bill Davidson…
The Bill Evans trio also played, joined in several selections by Jeremy Steig on flute. The audience of 700 was kept waiting almost an hour for the last two groups–Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers and the Duke Pearson Big Band–when Mr. Blakey was late.