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Ellsworth McGranahan Keane was born in St Vincent in 1927. He started playing the trumpet at the age of 6 and was a bandleader by the time he was 14. He also had a great love of literature and words and was nicknamed ‘Shake’ after Shakespeare.
In 1952 Shake moved to the UK. He started reading literature at London University by day and playing in nightclubs in Soho by night, as well as doing session…
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