Eric Kloss
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- 1949-04-03
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A child prodigy of the 1960s, saxophonist, born April 3rd, 1949 in Greenville, Pittsburgh Eric Kloss holds the distinction of having a record contract with Prestige Records at the age of only 15. Releasing his first album “Introducing Eric Kloss” in 1965 at the age of 16. Blind soon after birth, he was a child prodigy whose professional career began at the age of 12. At that time, Eric was the subject of a PBS documentary highlighting his extensive performances on public television and radio wit
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- 3 April 1949
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- Given name
- Eric
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Cobblestone Records
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