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Title: Poorly researched attempt at a biography of a great saxophonist
Review: Curtis Ousley was one of the great exponents of soul saxophone. Along with Junior Walker, he blazed a trail for all those who were to follow and their musicianship is still being copied today. Such greatness deserves a great biography and I'm afraid this is not it. The enthusiuasm of the author comes across but the book is short on content and research. The faded photographs of King Curtis's old LP covers is testament to the short cuts that have been made. If you are interested in the basic background to the King Curtis story then I suppose this may be a starting point but you may be well advised to wait until a better researched biography is brought out.
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