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Jim Pepper

American musician
Also known as: James Gilbert Pepper II
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John-Carlos Perea
Assistant Professor, Department of American Indian Studies, San Francisco State University. Author of various journal and encyclopedia articles pertaining to Native American music and musicians.
John-Carlos Perea
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Jim Pepper (born June 18, 1941, Salem, Oregon, U.S.—died February 10, 1992, Portland, Oregon) was an American saxophonist, singer, and composer known for a musical style that fused various genres of Native American music—including stomp dance, peyote music, and intertribal powwow music—with jazz, rock, country, and other popular music styles. Pepper was born into a mixed Native American household, his Creek mother and Kaw (Kansa) father having met during their employment at the Chemawa Indian...

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