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During this time, he discovered jazz, and started to play with saxophonist Jet Nero on the Gold Mud lounge and different artists including Ira Sullivan, Billy Marcus, Zoot Sims, Thad Jones, Monty Alexander and Mel Lewis. They smuggled guns, ammunition, and money to the IRA; Kathleen Clarke smuggled gold value £2,000 from Limerick to Dublin for Michael Collins. However, by July 1921, most IRA units have been chronically in need of each weapons and ammunition, with over 3,000 prisoner