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...The tune, called “Shapes”, was written in 1976 by trumpeter Tom Harrell, a long-time colleague, and the hard-edged swagger on Escoffery’s solo reflected his long membership of the Mingus Big Band....
...Both sets had a ballad feature for Harrell and bassist Ugonna Okegwo – “Darn That Dream” in the first, a Harrell original in the second – and both sets had fast swingers that moved at a furious pace then...
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