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 1981

The horn-playing leaders

p. 465 In:
Simon, George Thomas
The big bands
New York: Schirmer Books, 1981


The above item has biographical information on:

  Anthony, Ray (b. 1922)   trumpet, trumpeter
  Armstrong, Louis (b. 1900)   cast, composer
  Brooks, Randy (b. 1917 d. 1967)   trumpet, trumpeter
  Busse, Henry (b. 1894 d. 1955)   composer, cornet
  Butterfield, Billy [Charles William] (b. 1917 d. 1988 a. 1943-1946)   trumpet, trumpeter
  Castle, Lee (b. 1915 d. 1990)   trumpet, trumpeter
  Elgart, Les (b. 1918)   trumpeter, bandleader
  Ferguson, Maynard (b. 1928)   trumpet, trumpeter
  Hawkins, Erskine (Ramsay) (b. 1914)   cast, trumpet
  Jenney, Jack [Truman Elliot] (b. 1910 d. 1945)   trombone, leader
  Jerome, Henry P. (b. 1917)   composer, orchestra
  McCoy, Clyde (b. 1903 d. 1990 a. 1931-1941)   flute, trumpet
  McGhee, Johnny   cornet, trumpet
  Morrow, Buddy (b. 1919 a. 1951)   trombone, bandleader
  Napoleon, Phil (b. 1901 d. 1990)   trumpet, trumpeter
  Prima, Louis (b. 1911 d. 1978)   composer, singer
  Sherock, Shorty (b. 1915 d. 1980)   trumpet
  Spanier, Muggsy [Francis Joseph] (b. 1906 d. 1967)   cornet, trumpet
  Williams, Cootie [Charles Melvin] (b. 1910 d. 1985)   trumpeter, bandleader
  Zentner, Si [Simon H.] (b. 1917)   trombone, bandleader

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