Benny Powell Hamilton College Interview Block 25 (Q8630)

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Benny Powell Hamilton College Interview Block 25
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    Oh, yeah. Oh, well I guess one thing triggers another thing. But when I first joined Count Basie's band, we were just doing little one nighters and so forth. Then we started doing tours with Billy Eckstine and Ruth Brown. Speaking of pranksters, Billy Eckstine was a major prankster. I guess Dizzy Gillespie was in his band too, I guess that's where a lot of that stuff came from. We were playing ...
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