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Bassist Eldee Adolescent and drummer Isaac “Crimson” Holt attended the American Conversatory of Music in Chicago together, and played together inside a dance orchestra known as the Cleffs, where they met pianist Ramsey Lewis and formed a favorite jazz trio in 1956. Following a 10 years as Lewis’ tempo section, …

John and Billy Valentine recorded singles for Bridge and A&M in the first ’80s. These were effectively sung, reflecting Billy’s jazz history using the Young-Holt Unlimited trio as well as the duo’s looks within the touring business from the Wiz, but non-e of these generated enough impetus to online them …