William Galison

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William Galison is an American jazz musician, most famous as a harmonica player but also known as a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. Galison was born and raised in New York City, New York. As a child, he started to study piano, but at the age of eight decided to switch to guitar having been inspired by The Beatles. He developed a love of jazz in high school and subsequently attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He decided to change to the harmonica because "I was one of a million guitarists at Berklee" and it was easy to carry around. He became Berklee's only harmonica player. Among his role models at the time were Toots Thielemans and Stevie Wonder. After Berklee, he studied further at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, then returned to New York in 1982. He swiftly developed a good reputation as a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist. He performed at various New York venues including The Village Gate, The Blue Note and the Lone Star Cafe with legendary jazz musicians Jaco Pastorius and Jaki Byard. He also played with his own group at Preacher's Cafe in Greenwich Village. Galison has worked with a diverse range of artists including Carly Simon, Sting, Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lee, Chaka Khan and Astrud Gilberto. He has performed Gordon Jacob's "Suite for Harmonica and Orchestra" and toured the USA in the Broadway musical, Big River. He has also recorded soundtracks for films, most notably Academy Award nominees The Untouchables and Bagdad Café. His harm

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Bagdad Cafe

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Got You on My Mind

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Bagdad Cafe (Soundtrack)

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Bagdad Cafe Soundtrack

Bagdad Cafe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Got You On My Mind (With Madeleine Peyroux)

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Bagdad Café

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The Jazz Beatles Collection Vol. II

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Midnight Sun

Overjoyed

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Bagdad Cafe (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)

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Bagdad Café [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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