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Banjo Player John Becker Dies at Age 90
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that banjo player and guitarist John Becker died late last month at the age of 90. Becker was involved with jazz and popular music in St. Louis for more than 50 years, playing with big bands in the 1940s, serving as musical director at KSD-TV, and playing concerts, festivals and on the Robert E. Lee riverboat as a member of the Jazz Incredibles. Becker had been a hospice patient for four years, ...
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