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Clarence Becton: Straight Ahead Into Freedom
by Barbara Ina Frenz
Clarence Becton is a musicians' musicianmeaning, someone well-known in musician circles. He belongs to the generation of American jazz heroes who grew up under economically and socially difficult circumstances, and for that very reason, succeeded in gaining a comprehensive education, emancipating himself, and embodying the history of jazz music by directly learning from and working with greats of almost every stylistic eraragtime, swing, bebop, post-bop, and avant-garde. Born in 1933, he developed a strong musical interest as a ...
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