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When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some of us, I believe that they see there is a different way of approaching today's life and today's sometimes seeming hopelessness that can provide answers.

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David Amram
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: November 17
Autobiographer
Composer
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Horn Player
Jazz Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
David Werner Amram
David Werner Amram III
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