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West Coast Release Party For "The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story"
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data-original-title="" title="">Gregg Akkerman will be launching the release of his new book, The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story (Scarecrow Press, 2012), on the West Coast at a reading event in San Diego, California. The release marks the long-overdue biography of a vocalist best known for his eponymously titled album with the intrepid saxophonist 
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Carol Sloane
vocals1937 - 2023
Akkerman is a southern Califonia native and earned two degrees from San Diego State University while performing in the area as a pianist/vocalist. It was during these years that he first heard Hartman's definitive rendition of
Billy Strayhorn
piano1915 - 1967
The book release will be held at Twigg's Coffee Shop-Green Room, 4590 Park Boulevard, 5:30 p.m. on July 31. Autographed copies of the book will be available at the event. Visit johnnyhartmanbook.com for more details.
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