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Crimson Norvo was a unique star through the swing era, using jazz xylophone. After he turned to vibes in 1943, Norvo acquired a quieter however no-less fluent design than Lionel Hampton. Although no match for Hampton popularity-wise, Norvo and his wife, vocalist Mildred Bailey, do become referred to as “Mr. …

Although he’s relatively obscure, Rosy McHargue was the next oldest active jazz musician ever sold, behind Eubie Blake (who managed to get to 100). Generally connected with Dixieland and 1920s jazz, McHargue in his old age progressed into a vocalist with an encyclopediac understanding of lyrics (including verses and alternative …

When he died early 1999, Ernest Gold was very best remembered as you of Hollywood’s most successful film composers and something from the busier composers in tv through the ’70s and ’80s. If factors have been different in the wonderful world of the ’30s, nevertheless, Yellow metal might’ve been among …