No Ray Nance?
In Don Heckman’s Jazz Spotlight, “Take a bow, players,” he lists past jazz violinists Stephane Grappelli, Joe Venuti and Stuff Smith. He also mentions some of the newer ones such as Regina Carter and Jean Luc Ponty. I just wonder how he could not have mentioned Ray Nance (who played with Duke Ellington!) as one of the most influential and one of the best of the bunch.
John Howard
Los Angeles
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