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In August 1940, Purvis was conditionally pardoned from prison, but he quickly broke his parole and was sent back to prison for six more years.<ref>''The Classic Jazz'', Backbeat Books, [[Scott Yanow]], 2001</ref> Some sources claim he did this deliberately because he missed the prison band.<ref>''1930's Jazz - The Small Combos'', Columbia Jazz Masterpieces CD booklet, Michael Brooks, pages 3 and 1987</ref>

In August 1940, Purvis was conditionally pardoned from prison, but he quickly broke his parole and was sent back to prison for six more years.<ref>''The Classic Jazz'', Backbeat Books, [[Scott Yanow]], 2001</ref> Some sources claim he did this deliberately because he missed the prison band.<ref>''1930's Jazz - The Small Combos'', Columbia Jazz Masterpieces CD booklet, Michael Brooks, pages 3 and 1987</ref>

On September 30, 1946 Purvis was was released from prison one last time.<ref>''The Classic Jazz'', Backbeat Books, [[Scott Yanow]], 2001</ref> He had a wild reputation and is said to have set hotel rooms on fire.<ref>''Black Beauty, White Heat:A Pictural History of Classic Jazz'', Frank Driggs & Harris Lewine, Da Capo Press, New York, 1995, page 103</ref> He seldom stuck with one band for very long and was known to hit the streets as a busker. From this time onward he worked at non-musical careers which included working as a [[chef]], an [[aviator]] in [[Florida]], a [[carpenter]], an [[radio]] repair-man in San Franscisco.<ref>''The Classic Jazz'', Backbeat Books, [[Scott Yanow]], 2001</ref> At sometime in his checkered life he was also a [[mercenary]] in South America.<ref>''Black Beauty, White Heat:A Pictural History of Classic Jazz'', Frank Driggs & Harris Lewine, Da Capo Press, New York, 1995, page 103</ref>  

On September 30, 1946 Purvis was released from prison one last time.<ref>''The Classic Jazz'', Backbeat Books, [[Scott Yanow]], 2001</ref> He had a wild reputation and is said to have set hotel rooms on fire.<ref>''Black Beauty, White Heat:A Pictural History of Classic Jazz'', Frank Driggs & Harris Lewine, Da Capo Press, New York, 1995, page 103</ref> He seldom stuck with one band for very long and was known to hit the streets as a busker. From this time onward he worked at non-musical careers which included working as a [[chef]], an [[aviator]] in [[Florida]], a [[carpenter]], an [[radio]] repair-man in San Franscisco.<ref>''The Classic Jazz'', Backbeat Books, [[Scott Yanow]], 2001</ref> At sometime in his checkered life he was also a [[mercenary]] in South America.<ref>''Black Beauty, White Heat:A Pictural History of Classic Jazz'', Frank Driggs & Harris Lewine, Da Capo Press, New York, 1995, page 103</ref>  

Purvis is suppose to have killed himself in [[San Francisco, California]] on March 30, 1962, however stories persist that a man who looked like Jack Purvis showed up at a band date by cornetist [[Jack Goodwin]] and the two men had a long talk about his life on two occasions in 1968.<ref>''The Classic Jazz'', Backbeat Books, [[Scott Yanow]], 2001</ref><ref>''Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz, 1915 to 1945, Richard M. Sudhalter, Oxford University Press, 1999, pages 470 & 471</ref>

Purvis is supposed to have killed himself in [[San Francisco, California]] on March 30, 1962, however stories persist that a man who looked like Jack Purvis showed up at a band date by cornetist [[Jack Goodwin]] and the two men had a long talk about his life on two occasions in 1968.<ref>''The Classic Jazz'', Backbeat Books, [[Scott Yanow]], 2001</ref><ref>''Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz, 1915 to 1945, Richard M. Sudhalter, Oxford University Press, 1999, pages 470 & 471</ref>

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