My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.
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I don't know how much the music has influenced my writing I know it's inspired me, and the young jazz musicians I went to school with in Detroit, Kenny Burrell, Pepper Adams, Bess Bonier, Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, were the first people I knew who were living the creative lives of artists.
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