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Hal Willner: Alone in the Dark

Gene Santoro, Musician, October 1992

SIXTY YEARS ago the Marx Brothers shot Animal Crackers in Astoria, at Paramount's East Coast studios. Last spring, Master Sound Studio, part of that now-refurbished complex, hosted producer Hal Willner's recording sessions for Weird Nightmare, a tribute to Charles Mingus.

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