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Paul Winter (born August 31, 1939 in Altoona, Pennsylvania) is an American saxophonist (alto and soprano saxophone). In 1961, while Winter was in college at Northwestern University, the Paul Winter Sextet won the Intercollegiate Jazz Festival and was signed by Columbia Records. The next year, the band toured Latin America as cultural ambassadors for the United States State Department, playing 160 concerts in 23 countries. The Sextet was also the first jazz band to perform at the White House. <
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- Born
- 31 August 1939
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Family name
- Winter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Altoona
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Columbia Records
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