Trombonist Julian Priester elevated mainstream jazz with avant-garde soul

Beloved but hard-as-nails music instructor Captain Walter Dyett has been a recurring figure in the Secret History of Chicago Music for more than 20 years. He nurtured so much talent at Bronzeville’s DuSable High School during his long tenure there, from 1935 till 1962, that the musicians I’ve covered have frequently been his former students. […]
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