Tony Fruscella [Mono]: Vinyl LP Che Noir jazz ballads and poignant musings

jazz ballads and poignant musings on death and longing—the whole is strange and exotic

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Want One was the third studio album by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright

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Tony Fruscella [Mono]: Vinyl LP Che Noir jazz ballads and poignant musingsTony Fruscella was an under recorded mellow, lyrical, cool jazz trumpeter (think Chet Baker). He unfortunately lived a similarly addictive lifestyle that led to his tragically premature death in 1969. His cool tone, influenced by Miles Davis and swing era veteran Joe Thomas, made him a sideman in the early 50s for artists like Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, and Stan Getz. In 1955, the same year he recorded with Getz, Fruscella led the only session