Sonny Dallas Memorial Concert

An announcement of a memorial concert for bassist and singer Sonny Dallas on September 17, 2007, at St. Peter's Church on Lexington Avenue in New York. Organized by saxophonists Richard Tabnik and Bob Keller, it was to feature musicians associated with Lennie Tristano, among them saxophonist Jimmy Halperin and pianist Connie Crothers, with free admission.

The article included an obituary: Dallas died on Long Island on July 22, 2007, at the age of 76, after a series of heart-related illnesses. He started out in Pittsburgh in the late 1940s, moved to New York in 1955 and played and recorded with Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh and Phil Woods, among others, including the Lee Konitz Trio album Motion.

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