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Duane Buford

CTL-E-0588 · Person · 1985

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Duane Buford wrote the record from which Dance Mania took its label name, and his Duane & Co. 'Hardcore Jazz' EP was among the label's incendiary early releases.

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Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-infra-069; source research type(s): person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

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