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Jazz Musician of the Day: Von Freeman

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Von Freeman

Influential elder (born October 3, 1922 Earl Lavon Freeman) jazz tenor saxophonist originally became known for his work with the Horace Henderson Group during the Late 1940s, and Sun Ra\'s band in the early \'50s. During that period... more


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