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Russell Keith Procope was an American clarinetist and alto saxophonist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
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Artist · from New York · 1908 to 1981

Russell Keith Procope was an American clarinetist and alto saxophonist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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