Word: haroutunian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...steady jazz clubs in Boston, each band-leader has his own name for the music he plays. At the Downbeat, Jay Mugliori calls it "contemporary"; at the Five O' Clock Club, Miles Davis plays "modern", and in The Stable, Varty Haroutunian says it's "progressive." But all play in Boston's warm style. Essentially it is a cross between the hot emotionalism of bebop and swing, and the intellectual coolness of the West Coast...
After this initiation, the student can approach The Stable, formerly the Jazz Workshop. The band here, more intergrated after six years of playing together, provides a true progressive atmosphere while belting out improvisations which the leader, saxaphonist Varty Haroutunian, admits can get "real crazy when everyone starts winging...
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