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The correct answer is Al Cohn!
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Al Cohn’s 1981 Concord album “Nonpareil”
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The Brooklyn-born Al Cohn began his career playing tenor saxophone with the likes of Joe Marsala, Georgie Auld, Boyd Raeburn and Buddy Rich, and came to prominence after replacing Herbie Steward as one of the “Four Brothers” in Woody Herman’s Second Herd orchestra (1948 – 1949). He was also known as an excellent composer and arranger, notably “The Goof and I.”
Cohn subsequently played in Artie Shaw’s bop orchestra, and in the 1950’s recorded frequently, including with a quartet he co-led in his longtime musical partnership with Zoot Sims. He had a wonderfully rich tone whose style was so similar to Sims’ that it was not easy to distinguish their playing…He recorded many albums throughout his career (he died in 1988) for a variety of labels, including Prestige, Victor, Xanadu and Concord.
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Click here to read Scott Yanow’s more complete biography at All Music
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Listen to the 1948 recording of Woody Herman and his Orchestra performing “The Goof and I” [Columbia/Legacy]
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Listen to the 1976 recording of Al Cohn (with the Barry Harris Trio) playing Hoagy Carmichael’s “Skylark”
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