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   Shorty's career goal is to one day organize and play in his own small band.  The job he has working in the poolroom when he first meets Malcolm is "just to keep ends together while he learn(s) his horn.  Shorty had won some money gambling a couple of years ago, and with his winnings, he had bought a saxaphone.  He is currently taking lessons "with some other studs".

   Shorty does not want to be a part of a big band that travels great distances playing a constant series of one-night-stands, "just to say (he) played with Count or Duke or somebody".  He believes that "there's a lot of bread to be made gigging right around (there) in Roxbury", and wants to start a band to play at the local clubs (Chapter 3).

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   Posted by dymatsuoka on Monday October 20, 2008 at 11:33 PM