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For three nights in January, 1996, pianist David Torkanowsky -- making his debut as a conductor -- brought together a 16-piece big band of many of New Orleans' greatest musicians, with vocals by the city's three pre-eminent jazz vocalists: Johnny Adams, Germaine Bazzle and George French. With all-new arrangements, commissioned especially for these concerts, the music and the singing reach spectacular heights of imagination, soul and, … MORE