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During the early 1930s, he joined the faculty at the
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While living in the southwest, he received a degree from the Tempe Normal School of the
Arizona State Teacher's College. He then began engineering study at the University of Arizona, at which point he began playing saxophone. In 1921, Cecil Leeson enrolled as a saxophone major in Dana's Musical
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in New York City. He was also one of the first saxophonists to appear as a soloist with major
American symphony orchestras. More than 50 works for saxophone were written for him by composers such as
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