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Tan Tan

b. Edward Thornton, c.1934, Jamaica, Western world Indies. Tan Tan is certainly acknowledged as among Jamaica’s leading trumpeters, having used several significant performers. From humble origins playing more than a comb covered in paper, with the mid-50s Tan Tan was playing trumpet alongside Don Drummond on trombone in the Roy …

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