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In high school I was a jazz nerd, listened to a lot of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk and stuff like that. Maybe in Harry Pussy I was listening to more horn players.

Bill Orcutt

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Bill Orcutt
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 2
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