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529:"Willis "Gator" Jackson"
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927:Soul-jazz saxophonists
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467:(United Artists, 1974)
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937:Hard bop saxophonists
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263:Together Again, Again
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957:Fire Records artists
932:Jump blues musicians
747:Smoking with Willis
445:(Paul Winley, 1978)
239:Smoking with Willis
48:University of Miami
34:tenor saxophonist.
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331:West Africa
292:Trudy Pitts
232:Jack McDuff
143:Thunderbird
79:Discography
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715:More Gravy
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454:Big Bad Bo
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303:Swivelhips
271:Tell It...
219:More Gravy
111:Blue Gator
66:Ruth Brown
84:As leader
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771:Star Bag
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