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"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."

Lionel Hampton, American Musician

Chicago, Growing up, Harmony, Learning

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"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."

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