He was also a pianist and one of the group of songwriters, Quintero, León and Quiroga, who created some of Spain's most popular and best-known songs from the mid-twentieth century. Simon Oakland Tough-talking actor Simon Oakland started out as a concert violinist before moving into acting...
Moving from whimsy to ferocity, he pays tribute to his alto sax hero Cannonball Adderley with a fierce arrangement of Gigi Gryce’s standard “Minority,” which opens with Palermo’s deft orchestration of eight measures transcribed from Cannon’s famous solo. ...