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Bennie Wallace

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American saxophonist

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Vinony's link graph records 60 inbound references to Bennie Wallace, and connects out to New York City, jazz and International Standard Book Number.

Vinony files it under 1946 births, 21st-century American male musicians and 21st-century American saxophonists.

Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1946-11-18
jazzjazz and bluespost-bop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,567
Total plays
26,850

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Bennie Wallace began playing jazz in 1959 in a school band under the direction of jazz drummer Chet Hedgecoth. Hedgecoth took the students to hear good jazz bands in the area and once even drove them a hundred miles to hear the Count Basie band. Through Chet, Wallace also discovered the Amvets club, a local black after-hours jazz venue. It was there that he had his first opportunity to sit in and play in a real jazz club. In the summer of 1965, the owner of the Amvets, Seth Crenshaw, gave Wa

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www.benniewallace.com
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Bennie Wallace
date of birth
1946-11-18
start of work period
1977-00-00
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