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1921 in jazz, the Glossary

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1921.^[1]

110 relations: Al Hayse, Al Tinney, Alan Clare, All About Jazz, André Hodeir, Astor Piazzolla, Bernie Leighton, Bill DeArango, Billy Taylor, Bix Beiderbecke, Buddy Collette, Cab Kaye, Cándido Camero, Chico Hamilton, Chico O'Farrill, Coleman Hawkins, Connie Haines, Dennis Berry, Dona Ivone Lara, Duke Ellington, Earl Washington (musician), Eddie Calhoun, Ernie Royal, Erroll Garner, Ethel Waters, Fletcher Henderson, Frankie Trumbauer, Franny Beecher, Freddy Randall, Gene Roland, George Barnes (musician), Gustav Brom, Hans Koller, Harry Babasin, Herb Ellis, Humphrey Lyttelton, Irv Kluger, Isham Jones, Jack Marshall (composer), James P. Johnson, Jazz, Jimmy Coe, Jimmy Giuffre, Jimmy Henderson (musician), Joe Loco, John Anderson (jazz trumpeter), John Bunch, Jon Hendricks, Julius Watkins, Kenny Baker (trumpeter), ... Expand index (60 more) »
1921 in music

Al Hayse

Alvin Cooper Hayse (April 7, 1921, Detroit - May 1982, Michigan) was an American jazz trombonist.

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Al Tinney

Allen Tinney (May 28, 1921 – December 11, 2002) was an American jazz pianist.

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Alan Clare

Alan George Clare (born Alan George Jaycock; 31 May 1921 – 29 November 1993) was a British jazz pianist and composer.

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All About Jazz

All About Jazz is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995.

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André Hodeir

André Hodeir (22 January 1921 – 1 November 2011) was a French violinist, composer, arranger and musicologist.

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Astor Piazzolla

Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger.

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Bernie Leighton

Bernie Leighton (January 30, 1921 – September 16, 1994) was an American jazz pianist.

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Bill DeArango

William Louis DeArango (20 September 1921 – 26 December 2005) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator.

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Bix Beiderbecke

Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer.

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Buddy Collette

William Marcel "Buddy" Collette (August 6, 1921 – September 19, 2010) was an American jazz flutist, saxophonist, and clarinetist.

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Cab Kaye

Nii-lante Augustus Kwamlah Quaye (3 September 1921 – 13 March 2000), known professionally as Cab Kaye, was an English jazz singer and pianist of Ghanaian descent.

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Cándido Camero

Cándido Camero Guerra (22April 19217November 2020), known simply as Cándido, was a Cuban conga and bongo player.

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Chico Hamilton

Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.

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Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill (October 28, 1921 – June 27, 2001) was a Cuban composer, arranger, and conductor, best known for his work in the Latin idiom, specifically Afro-Cuban jazz or "Cubop", although he also composed traditional jazz pieces and even symphonic works.

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Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Connie Haines

Connie Haines (born Yvonne Marie Antoinette JaMais; January 20, 1921 – September 22, 2008) was an American singer and actress.

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Dennis Berry

Dennis Alfred Berry (21 August 1921 – 21 June 1994) was an English musician, composer, arranger, and producer.

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Dona Ivone Lara

Yvonne Lara da Costa OMC (April 13, 1922 – April 16, 2018), better known as Dona Ivone Lara, was a Brazilian singer and composer.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

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Earl Washington (musician)

Earl "The Ghost" Washington (April 3, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois – June 18, 1975 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) was a jazz pianist.

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Eddie Calhoun

Eddie Calhoun (November 13, 1921, in Clarksdale, Mississippi – January 27, 1994, in Paradise Lake, Michigan) was an American jazz double bassist.

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Ernie Royal

Ernest Andrew Royal (June 2, 1921 in Los Angeles, California – March 16, 1983 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter.

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Erroll Garner

Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads.

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Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress.

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Fletcher Henderson

James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952) was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music.

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Frankie Trumbauer

Orie Frank Trumbauer (May 30, 1901 – June 11, 1956) was an American jazz saxophonist of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Franny Beecher

Francis Eugene Beecher (September 29, 1921 – February 24, 2014) was the lead guitarist for Bill Haley & His Comets from 1954 to 1962, and is best remembered for his innovative guitar solos that incorporated elements of jazz.

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Freddy Randall

Frederick James 'Freddy' Randall (6 May 1921 – 18 May 1999) was an English jazz trumpeter and bandleader born in Clapton, East London.

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Gene Roland

Gene M. Roland (September 15, 1921 in Dallas – August 11, 1982 in New York City) was an American jazz composer and musician.

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George Barnes (musician)

George Warren Barnes (July 17, 1921Ross, Sam Jazz Music Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 July 2022.– September 5, 1977) was an American swing jazz guitarist.

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Gustav Brom

Gustav Brom (22 May 1921 – 25 September 1995) was a Slovak-Czech big band leader, arranger, clarinetist and composer.

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Hans Koller

Antonio Hans Cyrill Koller (12 February 1921 in Vienna – 21 December 2003 in Vienna) was an Austrian jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader.

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Harry Babasin

Yervant Harry Babasin, Jr. (19 March 1921 – 21 May 1988) was an American jazz bassist.

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Herb Ellis

Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Humphrey Lyttelton

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family.

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Irv Kluger

Irv Kluger (July 9, 1921 – February 28, 2006) was an American jazz drummer.

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Isham Jones

Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter.

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Jack Marshall (composer)

Jack Wilton Marshall (November 23, 1921 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and record producer.

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James P. Johnson

James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jimmy Coe

James "Jimmy" R. Coe (March 20, 1921 – February 26, 2004) was an American jazz saxophonist.

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Jimmy Giuffre

James Peter Giuffre (April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

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Jimmy Henderson (musician)

Jimmy Henderson (May 20, 1921 – June 10, 1998) was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader.

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Joe Loco

José Estevez Jr. (March 27, 1921 in New York City – March 7, 1988), professionally known as Joe Loco, was a Latin jazz and Latin pop pianist and arranger of Puerto Rican ancestry.

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John Anderson (jazz trumpeter)

John Anderson (January 31, 1921 – August 18, 1974) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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John Bunch

John Bunch (December 1, 1921 – March 30, 2010) was an American jazz pianist.

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Jon Hendricks

John Carl Hendricks (September 16, 1921 – November 22, 2017), known professionally as Jon Hendricks, was an American jazz lyricist and singer.

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Julius Watkins

Julius Watkins (October 10, 1921 – April 4, 1977) was an American jazz musician who played French horn.

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Kenny Baker (trumpeter)

Kenny Baker (1 March 1921 – 7 December 1999) was an English jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn player, and a composer.

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Lake Forest Academy

Lake Forest Academy (also known as LFA) is a co-educational college preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9 through 12.

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Lennie Tristano

Leonard Joseph Tristano (March 19, 1919 – November 18, 1978) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher of jazz improvisation.

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Leon Breeden

Harold Leon Breeden (3 October 1921 – 11 August 2010) was a jazz educator and musician.

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Marty Napoleon

Marty Napoleon (June 2, 1921 – April 27, 2015) was an American jazz pianist.

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Mary Osborne

Mary Osborne (July 17, 1921 – March 4, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Monk Montgomery

William Howard "Monk" Montgomery (October 10, 1921 – May 20, 1982) was an American jazz bassist.

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Norman O'Connor

Norman James O'Connor, CSP (November 20, 1921 – June 29, 2003), also known as The Jazz Priest, was an American Paulist priest known for playing and promoting jazz music.

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Norris Turney

Norris Turney (September 8, 1921, Wilmington, Ohio, United States – January 17, 2001, Kettering, Ohio) was an American jazz flautist and saxophonist.

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Pat Friday

Pat Friday (born Helen Patricia Freiday; August 4, 1921 – June 21, 2016) was an American singer who worked with Glenn Miller on his films in the early 1940s.

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Paul Whiteman

Paul Samuel Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist.

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Preston Love

Preston Haynes Love (April 26, 1921 – February 12, 2004) was an American saxophonist, bandleader, and songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, United States, best known as a sideman for jazz and rhythm and blues artists like Count Basie and Ray Charles.

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Roy Kral

Roy Kral (October 10, 1921 – August 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and vocalist.

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Shifty Henry

John Willie "Shifty" Henry (4 October 1921 – 30 November 1958) was an American musician, double bass and bass guitar player, and blues songwriter.

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Sidney Bechet

Sidney Joseph Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.

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Simon Brehm

Simon Brehm (31 December 1921 – 11 February 1967) was a Swedish double-bass player and, later in life, a record producer and owner of Karusell Records.

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Steve Allen

Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television and radio personality, comedian, musician, composer, writer, and actor.

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Stride (music)

Stride jazz piano, often shortened to stride, is a jazz piano style that arose from ragtime players.

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Tal Farlow

Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist.

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The Sheik of Araby

"The Sheik of Araby" is a song that was written in 1921 by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler, with music by Ted Snyder.

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Tony Aless

Anthony Alessandrini, better known by his stage name Tony Aless (August 28, 1921 – January 11, 1988) was an American jazz pianist.

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Tony Jackson (pianist)

Antonio Junius "Tony" Jackson (October 25, 1882 – April 20, 1921) was an American pianist, singer, and composer.

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Tony Scott (musician)

Tony Scott (born Anthony Joseph Sciacca June 17, 1921 – March 28, 2007) was an American jazz clarinetist and arranger with an interest in folk music around the world.

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Vinnie Burke

Vinnie Burke (born Vincenzo Bucci) (March 15, 1921 – February 1, 2001) was an American jazz bassist born in Newark, New Jersey.

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Wardell Gray

Wardell Gray (February 13, 1921 – May 25, 1955) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who straddled the swing and bebop periods.

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Warren Covington

Warren Covington (August 7, 1921 – August 24, 1999) was an American big band trombonist.

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Willy Andresen

Willy Andresen (18 October 1921 – 17 June 2016) was a Norwegian jazz pianist.

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1921 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1921.

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1955 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1955. 1921 in jazz and 1955 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1958 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1958. 1921 in jazz and 1958 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1967 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1967. 1921 in jazz and 1967 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1973 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1973. 1921 in jazz and 1973 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1974 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1974. 1921 in jazz and 1974 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1975 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1975. 1921 in jazz and 1975 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1977 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1977. 1921 in jazz and 1977 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1982 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1982. 1921 in jazz and 1982 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1983 in jazz

This page is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1983. 1921 in jazz and 1983 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1988 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1988. 1921 in jazz and 1988 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1992 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1992. 1921 in jazz and 1992 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1993 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1993. 1921 in jazz and 1993 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1994 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1994. 1921 in jazz and 1994 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1995 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1995. 1921 in jazz and 1995 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1998 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1998. 1921 in jazz and 1998 in jazz are jazz by year.

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1999 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1999. 1921 in jazz and 1999 in jazz are jazz by year.

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2000s in jazz

In the 2000s in jazz, there was a gradual decline in popularity for the smooth jazz subgenre which had flourished in the previous decade In the 2000s, a number of young musicians emerged, including the US band The Bad Plus, pianists Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran and Vijay Iyer, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, trumpeters Roy Hargrove and Terence Blanchard, saxophonist Justin Chart, bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding, and bassist Christian McBride.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_in_jazz

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1921 in music

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