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Biography
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Leon Washington
Real name: Leon Diamond Washington.
American jazz saxophonist (tenor).Born : June 27, 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi.
Died : February 19, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois. (Leukemia)
Leon worked with : Zinky Cohn, Frankie Franko (1930), Bernie Young (1931-'33), Carroll Dickerson (1934-'35), Louis Armstrong (1935), Earl Hines (1937), Red Saunders (1938-1963).