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Gene Rodgers

Virtually every jazz record collector has heard a sampling of pianist Gene Rodgers yet most likely not realized it, for Rodgers took the famous four-bar piano introduction in Coleman Hawkins’ classic rendition of “Body And Soul” in 1939! A talented swing-based pianist, Rodgers acquired a long profession although he hardly …

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