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in the long-awaited second volume of Peter Guralnick's masterful two-part biography

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Claude Ranger: Canadian Jazz Legend funk 's love of cartoons andAuthor: Mark Miller Even before Claude Ranger disappeared in late 2000, his fate unknown, he had attained legendary status among Canada's jazz musicians as an extraordinary drummer who repeatedly challenged the status quo on bandstands in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Willful, uncompromising and charismatic, cigarette invariably tucked into the left corner of his mouth, Ranger cut a compelling figure alongside Canadian and American stars alike