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Bill Le Sage

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British musician (1927–2001)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1927-01-20
Active to
2001-10-31
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12,988
Total plays
54,032

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Bill Le Sage was part of the first wave of British bebop musicians to emerge in the late 1940s, and remained a lifelong devotee and highly skilled exponent of the form throughout a long and distinguished career. He was a founder member of the most famous British bebop band of its day, the Johnny Dankworth Seven. The band was launched in 1950, by which time he was already fully conversant with the exciting new sounds which Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie had developed in the clubs of New Yor

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