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Al Williams

A blues-based pianist who used trumpeter Henry “Crimson” Allen, trumpeter Buck Clayton, and saxophonist Johnny Hodges, amongst others, Williams lived in Chicago from an early on age. He analyzed piano as a kid and started playing expertly in Chicago around 1935. He created a 12-piece dance music group around 1936, …

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