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Syd Valentine

Given birth to in Indianapolis, IN, in November 1908, Raymond “Syd” Valentine studied trumpet through the early ’20s with Frank Clay, head from the pit music group at the neighborhood Washington Theater. Valentine’s 1st professional gigs occurred during the middle-’20s with Fred Wisdom’s Merrymakers in Kansas Town and together with …

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