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1961, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, d. 23 November 1996, Sai Yok, Kanchanburi, Thailand. Jazz saxophonist Art Porter grew up in a musical family. His father, Art Porter Snr., played in his own band and that of John Stubblefield, and also accompanied singer Carmen McRae in a long career as a professional pianist. At the age of 15 Porter Jnr. joined his father’s band in Little Rock, but he was arrested and charged for working under-age in a nightclub. However, state attorney general and fellow saxophonist Bill Clinton intervened on his behalf. Clinton launched a new state law that allowed under-age musicians to perform in adult venues as long as they were accompanied by a legal guardian. That act became widely known as the ‘Art Porter Bill’. Porter subsequently studied at the Berklee College Of Music, and the Virginia Commonwealth University. He studied piano with Ellis Marsalis and, after moving to Chicago in the mid-80s, tenor...
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