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...great drummer Max Roach has said. "By the time he came to New York he was playing in all the Big Bands. He was the one who told us about a saxophone player in Kansas City named Charlie Parker or a bass player in Minneapolis named Oscar Pettiford." Dizzy brought them all together to play at a fabled Harlem joint called Minton's, where, after the regular sessions, strange scrambled rhythms and impossible harmonies would float toward the dawn. It was, indeed...
...Oscar Pettiford: Last Recordings (Jazz-land). Mementos of Bassist Pettiford's inventive mind and agile technique, cut shortly before his death...
Freshman Football--Major football numerals--1956--Thomas B. Kent, Dexter S. Lewis, John T. Maher, William G. Markos, Jan H. H. Meyer, Jr., Jost W. Michelsen, Harvey B. Mickelson, William M. Meigs, Peter F. Morrison, Robert E. Morrison, Richard M. Oehmler, Arthur C. Painter, Jr., John O. Pettiford, Jr., Samuel F. Quarterone, Edward Rosenthal, Kenneth R. Rossano, Sherwin L. Samuels, Peter Summers, Orville M. Tice, William B. Volmer, Arthur M. Warren, Henry H. Gaffney...
Tackles Orville Tice and Ed Rosenthal, guards Bill Meigs and Tom Jones, center Dave Bodiker, and right end John Pettiford consistently opened large holes in the Bulldog line. Pettiford, a 170-pounder noted more for his receiving than his blocking, turned in the best performance. Playing the strong side, he almost always made fine blocks...
Warren Cooper, who caught a pass for the Crimson's only touchdown against Princeton, will start at left end. John Getch replaces the injured John Pettiford at right...