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A Hillbilly Bebopper on a Geezer Pass
Interview by Mike Zwerin.
Bob Dorough
Review of "Too Much Coffee Man" on Blue Note. Dorough is one of the standard bearers of the concept of "heart and soul" in jazz vocals. Referred to as a "hipster saint", though close to eighty, "he still kicks it like he's twenty-five".
Bob Dorough: Just About Everything But Fame
Bio and review of the work of jazz vocalist Dorough. His crowning achievement as a lyricist was writing the words set to Charlie Parker's immortal "Yardbird Suite".