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Castor McCord

Using a name that appears like something shouted in brogue throughout a shipwreck, Castor McCord was an excellent person in the reed sections in a few from the classiest ensembles ever assembled in jazz, including a Parisian outfit that backed Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins. non-etheless there are various other …

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June Clark

b. Algeria Junius Clark, 24 March 1900, Longer Branch, NJ, USA, d. 23 Feb 1963, NEW YORK, NY, USA. Clark discovered to play many instruments as a kid, eventually buying the cornet. He became a specialist musician and became a member of a travelling display in which Wayne P. Johnson …

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Will Downing

Within a career that goes back to the first ’80s, Will Downing continues to be among the steadiest & most productive artists in R&B. Not really cut away to hop aboard industrial production trends with regard to attaining mainstream achievement, he provides tended to stay resolutely to a complicated and …

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Nicole Willis

Before her debut album, Soul Makeover, Nicole Willis gained encounter in the music industry through performing guest and background vocals for the diverse set of artists, including Deee-Lite, The The, and Leftfield. Even more considerably, she was an associate of Repercussions, an early on Mo Wax clothing that debuted in …

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Vonda Shepard

Vocalist/songwriter Vonda Shepard enjoyed one of the most unique profession breakthroughs in pop music background; some performers depend on radio airplay or relentless touring to earn fans, Shepard rather shot to popularity due to the strike tv series Ally McBeal, which highlighted her performing go on an nearly every week …

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Gene Sedric

A longtime person in Fatty acids Waller’s Tempo, Gene Sedric appeared on many records with the fantastic pianist, taking consistently multi-colored clarinet and tenor solos. Referred to as “Honey Keep” over time in the ’30s when he frequently used a camel-hair overcoat, Sedric acquired a warm audio on his horns …

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Benny Green

Although not however an innovator himself, Benny Green has were able to combine the varieties of Bobby Timmons, Wynton Kelly, Gene Harris, and specifically Oscar Peterson in his using; his fast octave operates tend to be wondrous. He was raised in Berkeley and performed as an adolescent with Joe Henderson …

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Kool Keith

After single-handedly redefining “warped” as your brain and mouth area behind the Bronx-based Ultramagnetic MC’s, “Kool” Keith Thornton — aka Tempo X, aka Dr. Octagon, aka Dr. Dooom, aka Mr. Gerbik — going for the external reaches from the stratosphere with a number of solo tasks. A onetime psychiatric individual …

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Pete Brown

Through the late ’30s, alto saxophonist Pete Brown was a busy sideman who sounded a little like Benny Carter, Chu Berry, or Jimmie Lunceford’s star altoist, Willie Smith. Through the entire 1940s he swung harder, sharpened his assault, and coarsened his shade to enter Ben Webster’s gutbucket range, flirting with …

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William Gaxton

b. Arturo Antonio Gaxiola, 2 Dec 1893, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, California, USA, d. 12 Feb 1963, NEW YORK, NY, USA. Performances in amateur productions resulted in a wish to go after a theatrical profession. Gaxton performed being a vocalist in vaudeville for a few years, interrupted by Globe War …

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