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Backgrounder: Leon Spencer's 'Louisiana Slim'

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Marc Myers
Apr 22, 2022
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Leon Spencer Jr. was and remains one of my favorite organists. In the early 1970s, he was part of Prestige's stable of soul-jazz musicians who recorded relentlessly as leaders and sidemen on other artists' albums for the label. One of my first jazz albums purchased, in 1971, was Spencer's Louisiana Slim. Backing Spencer are Virgil Jones (tp) Grover Wash…

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