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Alton Purnell

Alton Purnell will be best-known as an associate of George Lewis’ Ragtime Music group, providing memorable introductions, fundamental but swinging solos and sound function in the ensembles. Purnell worked well as a vocalist before learning to be a professional pianist in his indigenous New Orleans in 1928 and through the …

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