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Roy Porter

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Also known as Roy Lee Porter

American musician (1923-1998)

Person · Open Library

Born
1902
Works
1

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  • Kootenai Valley inundated

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Listeners
2,305
Total plays
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Roy Porter accomplished so much in such a short period of time that it is surprising how brief his jazz career actually was. He picked up early experience touring with Milt Larkin in 1943, had a stint in the military and then settled in Los Angeles. Porter worked with Teddy Bunn in 1944, gigged frequently with Howard McGhee (with whom he made his first recordings in 1945) and in 1946 was on a Charlie Parker Dial recording session that resulted in the original versions of "Moose The Mooche," "Yar

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Quotes

  • I wish to explore what mad people meant to say, what was on their minds. Their testimonies are eloquent of their hopes and fears, the injustices they suffered, above all of what it was like to be mad or to be thought to be mad...My points of reference, therefore, are language, history and culture.
  • Doctors and “consumers” are becoming locked within a fantasy that everyone has something wrong with them, everyone and everything can be cured.

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date of birth
1923-07-30
date of death
1998-01-25
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Available in 6 languages

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