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Jud Strunk

Jud Strunk was a socially and environmentally conscious singer/songwriter and comedian. A indigenous of NY, Strunk transferred to Farmington, Maine in 1960 and began singing at an area hotel. Then began a single action on the U.S. MILITARY circuit, appeared within the Broadway musical Beautiful Dreamer, and through the early …

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Junior Mance

Junior Mance is normally famous for his soulful bluesy design, but he’s also professional at playing bop standards. He began playing skillfully when he was ten. Mance caused Gene Ammons in Chicago during 1947-1949, used Lester Youthful (1950), and was using the Ammons-Sonny Stitt group until he was drafted. He …

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Joe Kennedy, Jr.

Although recipient of classical training, violinist Joe Kennedy, Jr. is most beneficial known for his function in jazz, carrying out together with his cousin, the saxophonist Benny Carter, in addition to pianists Hank Jones and George Shearing. Kennedy was created in Pittsburgh in 1923, and his youth close friends included …

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Kenny O’Dell

Most widely known for composing the united states landmark “NOWADAYS,” Kenny O’Dell also enjoyed some achievement for the pop graphs as a single performer. Created Kenny Gist, Jr. in Antlers, Alright, in 1946, he grew up in Santa Maria, CA, rating his first local strike in 1963 with “Aged Time …

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