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Swept off My Feet by "Newcomer" James Carney

Jazz Today

[20 September 2007]

by Will Layman

Current musicians like Brad Mehldau or Greg Osby are the equivalents of Albert Pujols or Mariano Rivera: future legends that walk among us today. Now you're on notice: James Carney may just be a master in the making.

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