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Cecil Payne

Acclaimed by peers and critics among the best possible baritone saxophonists from the bebop era, Cecil Payne continues to be best kept in mind for his three-year stint with Dizzy Gillespie’s seminal postwar big strap. Created in Brooklyn, NY, on Dec 14, 1922, Payne started playing saxophone at age group …

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