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If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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Jimmy Chamberlin
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 10
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