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A BLAST FROM JACK MCVEA'S PASS

THIS REALLY WAS THE BEGINNING OF JACK MCVEA'S PROFESSIONAL CAREER. HE WAS THE A MEMBER OF LIONEL HAMPTON'S (LIONEL HAMPTON ON THE RIGHT END, THE TALL GUY IN THE MIDDLE IS THE REAL DEXTER GORDAN OF THE MOVIE "ROUND MIDNIGHT", AND HE WAS NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD) BAND IN 1936, BEFORE HE STARTED HIS OWN BAND.

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