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Big Band Jazz Does Some Name-Dropping: July 8th at 7 pm

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Bob Craig
Published July 8, 2012 at 6:21 AM EDT
Billy Eckstine

Join host Bob Craig to hear some well-known "jazz characters" get the Big Band Jazz treatment, including "Killer Joe," "Freddy Freeloader," and others. Also, in the birthday file this week are Billy Eckstine and Louie Bellson.
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Bob Craig
Bob joined WRTI's on-air staff in 2005. His well-rounded radio career began in 1963 as a studio engineer at WBZ in Boston. Throughout the '70s, he was an announcer and programmer at Hartford's WDRC and Boston's WHDH.
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