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Wilton Gaynair: Blue Bogey

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Marc Myers
May 15, 2017
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Jamaica in the 1950s and '60s was home to many great jazz musicians. The list of familiar names includes Monty Alexander, Don Shirley, Harold McNair, Montego Joe and Dizzy Reece. But there also were many others who may not be known to you. One of them is Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, a mighty tenor saxophonist with a slippery-smokey feel reminiscent of Gene A…

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