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There are a lot of people that impacted me. I remember hearing Oscar Peterson live at the Blue Note, which was very expensive, but... $50 in the '80s... hard to come up with. But it was amazing.

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Jon Gordon
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
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