The Jazz Scene in Montreal during the Second World War : Johnny Holmes Gave Starts to Oscar Peterson, Maynard Ferguson

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Title
The Jazz Scene in Montreal during the Second World War : Johnny Holmes Gave Starts to Oscar Peterson, Maynard Ferguson
Abstract
The author describes the role played by Montreal jazz impresario and big-band orchestra leader Johnny Holmes (1916-1989) in the 1940s in introducing two young Montreal jazz musicians who would go on to world-renowned fame -- pianist Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) and trumpeter Maynard Ferguson (1928-2006).
Publication
Quebec Heritage News
Volume
Vol. 3
Issue
no. 6
Date
September-October 2005
Pages
p. 15
Language
en
URL
Citation
Rodgers, Guy. “The Jazz Scene in Montreal during the Second World War : Johnny Holmes Gave Starts to Oscar Peterson, Maynard Ferguson.” Quebec Heritage News, October 2005. http://qahn.org/files/quebecanglophoneheritagenetwork/documents/qhn/QHN%20September-October%202005.pdf.
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