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    Mose Vinson
    Mose Vinson

    Vinson was a blues and jazz pianist born c. 1917 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Vinson's recording career didn't take off until the 1950s, when he was discovered by Sam Phillips while working as a janitor at Phillip's Sun Record Company in Memphis. In the 1980's, Vinson taught and performed regularly at the Center for Southern Folklore, which finally released his first full-length album in 1997. Vinson died from complications due to diabetes in November, 2002.

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