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CLAUDE DORSEY "...an undimmed talent: a voice alive to the possibility of the words, hands still ready to interpret melodies that have endured as classics." ~ Dave Luhrssen, entertainment editor, Shepherd Express newspaper. 91 YEAR OLD HAILS FROM GEORGIA.... Now 91, legendary jazz pianist Claude Dorsey was born in Gainesville, Georgia, on January 10, 1914. He's been a Milwaukee, Wi. resident since 1928. 40 YEAR GIG DREW BASIE, DUKE, AND MORE...... Many of Claude's current fans first remember hearing him play at the famed Clock Bar, in downtown Milwaukee, where he played a nearly 40 year stint, 6 nights a week! Those gigs, from the '40's thru 1982, drew such admirers as Lou Rawls, Tony Bennett and his orchestra, Count Basie and his band, Bob Hope, Duke Ellington, and others. PLAYED FOR BILLIE..... Claude has played in the presence of a long list of the finest jazz and blues musicians, among them his former sideman, Joe Williams; Nat King C