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Jazz Review: Billy Martin and Wil Blades 'Shimmy'

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When it comes to popularity, no instrument in jazz experienced a faster rise or more precipitous fall than the organ. Out of fashion for decades after its heyday in the late 1950s, the organ is more visible than ever these days. And in the Bay Area, Wil Blades is leading the resurgence. Andrew Gilbert reviews "Shimmy," his new duo album with drummer Billy Martin.

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