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Rufus Harley

Rufus Harley has been played on NTS shows including Mr Beatnick, with Nobody Knows The Trouble We've Seen first played on 3 January 2013.

Rufus Harley, Jr. (b. near Raleigh, North Carolina, May 20, 1936; d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 31, 2006) was an American jazz musician of mixed Cherokee and African ancestry, known primarily as the first jazz musician to adopt the Scottish great Highland bagpipe as his primary instrument.

Although born near Raleigh, North Carolina, at an early age Harley moved with his mother to a poor neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began playing the C melody saxophone at age 12, and also played…

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Bagpipe Blues
Rufus Harley
Atlantic1965
Bagpipe Blues
Rufus HarleyAtlantic1965
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Sufur
Rufus Harley
Atlantic1966
Sufur
Rufus HarleyAtlantic1966
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Gods And Goddesses
Rufus Harley
Transparency2006
Gods And Goddesses
Rufus HarleyTransparency2006
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A Tribute To Courage
Rufus Harley
Rhino Handmade2006
A Tribute To Courage
Rufus HarleyRhino Handmade2006
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Hypothesis
Rufus Harley
Ankh Records, Inc.1972
Hypothesis
Rufus HarleyAnkh Records, Inc.1972
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Nobody Knows The Trouble We've Seen
Rufus Harley
Ankh Records, Inc.1972
Nobody Knows The Trouble We've Seen
Rufus HarleyAnkh Records, Inc.1972
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Re-Creation Of The Gods
Rufus Harley
Ankh Records, Inc.1972
Re-Creation Of The Gods
Rufus HarleyAnkh Records, Inc.1972
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