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pepper
08-15-2003, 10:44 PM
all i know of is art pepper, did anyone else ?
Bootman
08-15-2003, 11:45 PM
Tex Beneke, Don Wise (still does), Earl Bostic, Louis Jordan plus many more...
Dave dix
08-16-2003, 03:21 AM
Johnny Paris of johnny and the hurricanes recorded his first NO 1 on a martin (crossfire) then he bought a vi .Its been re-lacquered 3 times and is now rather thin!!!!!
Honeyboy
08-17-2003, 09:43 PM
Buddy Tate comes to mind.
SteveZ
08-18-2003, 02:59 PM
Bob Wilber plays a Martin sop. I have the one he played in the 90's.
Johnny G
08-30-2003, 02:54 AM
Bud Freeman played a searchlight tenor in the middle 1930s when he was with T Dorsey.
Kritavi
09-13-2003, 09:11 PM
The great alto player Sonny Simmons used a Martin Committee for many years, maybe he still does...