Rifftides<\/em> reader JazzCookie commented that her Memorial Day song was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll Be Seeing You.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d That led to a reply including trumpeter Tony Fruscella\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1955 recording of the Sammy Fain ballad. Frank Sinatra\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s version with Tommy Dorsey had been a bestseller when millions of Americans were away fighting World War II. Fruscella made it the basis of a medium tempo excursion through the harmonies with no direct reference to Fain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s melody. Yet, in a masterpiece of fluid creativity, he left no doubt about what he was playing. Fruscella worked for brief periods with Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan and Brew Moore, and for a few months with Stan Getz. He played little after the late 1950s and in 1969 died of conditions related to drug use. This album is a monument to what he achieved when he was at his best. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[contextly_auto_sidebar id=”Fs0Ul1b4YHaW1gy1AZ8ZEgK4RKNuHP9J”] Tony Fruscella (Atlantic) Blogger and Rifftides reader JazzCookie commented that her Memorial Day song was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll Be Seeing You.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d That led to a reply including trumpeter Tony Fruscella\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1955 recording of the Sammy Fain ballad. Frank Sinatra\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s version with Tommy Dorsey had been a bestseller when millions of Americans were away fighting World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Blogger and Rifftides<\/em> reader JazzCookie commented that her Memorial Day song was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll Be Seeing You.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d That led to a reply including trumpeter Tony Fruscella\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1955 recording of the Sammy Fain ballad. Frank Sinatra\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s version with Tommy Dorsey had been a bestseller when millions of Americans were away fighting World War II. Fruscella made it the basis of a medium tempo excursion through the harmonies with no direct reference to Fain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s melody. Yet, in a masterpiece of fluid creativity, he left no doubt about what he was playing. Fruscella worked for brief periods with Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan and Brew Moore, and for a few months with Stan Getz. He played little after the late 1950s and in 1969 died of conditions related to drug use. This album is a monument to what he achieved when he was at his best. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"