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Jimmy Carpenter

Blues saxophonist Jimmy Carpenter hails from Greensboro, North Carolina. He learned to play the saxophone while still in high school, and decided to embark on a musical career in the early 1970s. Drawn to blues and soul after jazz training, he played in local bands such as The Little Alfred Band, The Alka-Phonics and The Believers, of which he was a member for eight years in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hired by guitarist Jimmy Thackery for his band The Drivers in the late 1990s, Jimmy Carpenter accompanied him for six years and took part in the sessions for several albums released...
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