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Harold Battiste: All for One – A Study in Frustration and Black Organisation

Charlie Gillett, Cream, September 1971

HAROLD BATTISTE has worked on a lot of very big hits, but although you probably have some of them, it's unlikely you'll be able to place his name. He's a black musical arranger from New Orleans, and right there are three reasons why you haven't heard more about him.

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