Les Paul's career as a guitarist and innovator led him to play jazz, pop and country with other legendary musicians for decades. Courtesy of the Les Paul Foundation hide caption
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Les Paul performs live at the Winter Garden on May 27, 1992. David Corio/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Jeff Beck performs at Les Paul's 95th-birthday party at Iridium Jazz Club on June 9, 2010, in New York City.
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Norman Granz at his office in July 1987.
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