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Wardell Gray

Wardell Grey was among the best tenors to emerge through the bop period (alongside Dexter Gordon and Teddy Edwards). His Lester Young-influenced build produced his playing appealing to golf swing musicians in addition to youthful modernists. He was raised in Detroit, playing in regional bands as an adolescent. Grey was …

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