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My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to.

Robert Quine

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Robert Quine
Age: 61 †
Born: 1942
Born: December 30
Died: 2004
Died: May 31
Composer
Guitarist
Akron
Ohio
Robert Wolfe Quine
Develop
Listening
Playing
Started
Stuff
Davis
Miles

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