Gerald "Jezz" Woodroffe (born October 28, 1951 in

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) is an English keyboardist. He was a member of Belle Stars, Purusha, Sally Hope and Geezer Butler Band. He played on the ''

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'' album by

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. Although he is not given songwriting credit on the album, “He was present when Tony wrote material for “Technical Ecstasy, allowing Tony to try out ideas while Jezz supplied chords as accompaniment.” Keyboards play a strong part in the style and texture of this album. He performed live with the band, offstage, on the tours for the albums ''Sabotage'' and ''Technical Ecstasy''. Woodroffe also performed and recorded with

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and

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on the album ''

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'', made by the singer of

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. In the early 1990s, Woodsroffe composed the music to two games by Horror Soft; '' Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus'' with Philip Nixon, and also composed the music to '' Waxworks''. In the 1970s, he was the owner of "Woodroffes" music store in

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