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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Eric Dolphy, Jack Kevorkian, Lenny Hambro, Dave Liebman, Yusef Lateef, Frank Foster, Gus Bivona, Henry Threadgill, Charles Lloyd, Hubert Laws, Lew Tabackin, John Gross, James Moody, Herbie Mann, Joe Farrell, Kenny Garrett, Ernie Watts, Bud Shank, Vincent Herring, James Newton, Nelson Rangell, Sahib Shihab, Frank Wess, Alex Coke, Jim Walker, Buddy Collette, Prince Lasha, George Adams, Cecil Payne, Rene McLean, Paul Horn, Nicole Mitchell, Harold Vick, Steve Wilson, Bennie Maupin, Bill Perkins, Jeremy Steig, Nestor Torres, Najee, Marshall Allen, Delandria Mills, Bobbi Humphrey, Sonny Fortune, John Carter, Karl Denson, Nathan Davis, Jerome Richardson, Robin Kenyatta, Ronnie Cuber, James Spaulding, Seldon Powell, Carlos Ward, Andrew Lamb, Yuri Katz, Andrea Brachfeld, Sam Most, Chuck Greenberg, Lloyd McNeill, Dick Johnson, Dave Valentin, Danny Bank, Harold Ousley, Norris Turney, Pete Yellin, Frank Tiberi, John Stubblefield, Leo Wright, Francis Wong, Wayman Carver, Les Spann, Matt Eakle, Eric Dixon, Musa Kaleem, Gregory Herbert, Alvin Hayes. Excerpt: Leonard William Hambro (1923-1995) was a journeyman jazz musician who played woodwinds, primarily alto saxophone, with a host of bands, orchestras, and jazz notables from the early 1940s through the mid-1960s, and continued as a session musician, music producer, booking agent, and entertainment coordinator through the mid-1990s. Early in his professional career, Hambro spelled his name "Lennie" but changed it to the former spelling in 1954, although he was occasionally referred to as "Lennie" in the press as late as 1957. Hambro broke into the profession with Gene Krupa in 1942. However, he is best known for his time as manager and assistant band leader with the New Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Ray McKinley. He was well known in the...
