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"My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my a..." — Sonny Rollins
My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune.
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