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Keg Purnell

An excellent swing-era drummer, Keg Purnell was a very important if underrated accompanist. Purnell went to West Virginia Condition University from 1932-34, using the Campus Revellers. He toured using the declining Ruler Oliver (1934-35), freelanced, led his very own trio, used the youthful Thelonious Monk in 1939 and got stints …

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