Though still only 29 years old when he recorded Expansions for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, on Friday, August 23, 1968, Philadelphia pianist
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Dubbed the “Steel City” and renowned as an important industrial metropolis in 20th century America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was also a thriving hotbed of jazz talent.
After two fairly underwhelming collections of orthodox hard bop for the Chicago indie label Vee-Jay – 1959’s Introducing Wayne Shorter and 1962’s Wayning Moments –