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Bill Russo

Bill Russo has been played on NTS shows including The Windmills of Your Mind w/ Taylor Rowley, with Gloomy Sunday first played on 5 May 2022.

William Russo, better known as Bill Russo (June 25, 1928 – January 11, 2003), was an American jazz musician. He is considered one of the greatest jazz composers and arrangers.

A former student of the jazz pianist Lennie Tristano, Russo wrote ground-breaking orchestral scores for the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the 1950s, including 23 Degrees N 82 Degrees W, Frank Speaking, and Portrait of a Count. One of the more famous works he wrote for the Kenton Orchestra is Halls…

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Gloomy Sunday
Shelley Manne, Bill Russo
BYG Records1968
Gloomy Sunday
Shelley Manne, Bill RussoBYG Records1968
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