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Frank Strozier (born June 13, 1937) is an alto saxophonist renowned for his playing in the hard bop idiom. Frank Strozier has long been a top-notch hard bop stylist whose intense sound recalls (but is not derivative of) Jackie McLean. One of many excellent jazzmen who grew up in Memphis, Strozier played with other Memphis musicians even after he moved to Chicago in 1954 (including Harold Mabern, Booker Little, and George Coleman). He recorded with the MJT + 3 from 1959-1960, and led sessions fo
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- Frank
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- male
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- United States
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- Memphis
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- composer
- Genre
- post-bop
- Instrument
- alto saxophone
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- Vee-Jay Records
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- 1937-06-13
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