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The "master of time" who recorded in blockbuster jazz combos The Ramsey Lewis Trio and Young-Holt Unlimited, as well as his own Redd Holt Unlimited passed away May 23 from complications associated with lung cancer. He was 91.
Mr. Holt, who grew up on the West Side, became a jazz legend in the 1960s and ’70s playing in a number of groups, including the Ramsey Lewis Trio. He also played a regular gig at the East Bank Club for 20 years until the pandemic lockdown.
The percussionist won a Grammy in 1996 for the Ramsey Lewis Trio’s The In Crowd
He played for presidents and won three Grammys with his irresistibly swaying rhythms
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