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urth

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RIP Hank Crawford
« on: February 02, 2009, 12:44:20 PM »
Another of Ray Charles' sax players departs. He was 74. Apparently a third, Leroy "Hog" Cooper also died last month:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=29352
Let's get right to it.

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Re: RIP Hank Crawford
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2009, 12:57:37 PM »
Another of Ray Charles' sax players departs. He was 74. Apparently a third, Leroy "Hog" Cooper also died last month:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=29352

I never knew Hank played with Ray Charles. Nor did I know Ray played saxaphone until I saw him holding one on the cover of an album a couple of weeks ago.