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By LEONARD FEATHER I LOS ANGELES Bud Shank revamped his quartet and now is working at the Lighthouse (Mon­ TS days and Tuesdays) and Malibu’s Drift Inn t Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays), by LEONARD FEATHER i. Four seoa- to include Art Pepper, alto and tenor; rds, transpo- Jazz Authority, Columnist for Down Beat ice. Also 14 Gary Peacock, bass, and Chuck Flores, melody note Author of Encyclopedia of Jazz Series .................. 75 drums. The change was made when guitarist Billy Bean left for New York, ES... $1.00 Foreword by ÜS .50 the Pepper-Shank alliance should result ...................... 50 in some of the most exciting sounds ......................50 JOHN "DIZZY" GILLESPIE ■........... $1 50 here in a long while. 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