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You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?

Charlie Watts

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Charlie Watts
Age: 80 †
Born: 1941
Born: June 2
Died: 2021
Died: August 24
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London
England
Charles Watts
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