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The French Horn in Jazz

n the one hand, French horn remains one of the rarer instruments in the jazz world, past and present. On the other, though, the picture that the average jazz fan has is that there are only three or four of us playing it. There were a of people who did it, and are doing it. The players listed here are all people I’ve crossed paths with,

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