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Jim Goodwin

An excellent vintage jazz cornetist located in Portland, OR, Jim Goodwin deserves a lot more identification. Elevated in Seattle, he discovered jazz on piano and cornet, helped by his dad, drummer Bob Goodwin. He transferred to SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA in 1969 and frequently caused pianist Ray Skjelbred. The cornetist …

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Robert Crumb

A zany love of life fused with a psychedelicized eyesight produced Robert Crumb probably one of the most influential comic artists from the 1960s. His character types, including Fritz the Kitty, Mr. Organic, Flakey Froont, as well as the Vulture Demoness, and his underground comic books, such as for example …

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Lee Blair

An excellent rhythmic player who was simply mixed up in 1920’s and had an on-and-off profession for 40 years, Lee Blair is a name in jazz background. He was selftaught on banjo aside from several lessons with Mike Pingitore from Paul Whiteman’s music group. Blair caused Charlie Skeete (1926-28) and …

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Boyce Brown

Boyce Dark brown was an eccentric, a rare alto saxophonist who preferred to try out freewheeling Chicago jazz, an erratic person with some outlandish views and, ultimately, among the hardly any monks who doubled (in least briefly) being a jazz musician! He became a specialist musician when he was 17, …

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Charlie Gabriel

A member from the famous Gabriel family members from New Orleans. He takes on saxes and clarinets, from early traditional to passionate and cool.

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Preacher Rollo

Rollo Laylan’s house environment went from crisply chilly to humidly hot during his life time; because they would state in his birthplace of Genoa, Wisconsin: “Don’t ya’ understand?” He finished up functioning at a Radio Shack in Florida, retired from a profession of traditional jazz drumming that appears to have …

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Singleton Palmer

Offering a hearty bottom for most rings on either bass or tuba, this early jazz player continued to be over the St. Louis music picture his very existence. He first obtained notoriety executing and documenting on tuba with cornetist and vocalist Oliver Cobb from the past due ’20s, including four …

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Oscar “Papa” Celestin

Oscar “Papa” Celestin was a cornetist and the first choice of the initial Tuxedo Orchestra, perhaps one of the most popular of the first jazz bands located in New Orleans. From 1910 Celestin led the home band on the Tuxedo Dance Hall on North Franklin St. in the French One …

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New McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

In Apr. 1971, altoist David Hutson noticed veteran banjoist Dave Wilborn becoming interviewed on the air. He was impressed by Wilborn’s vitality but dismayed that he was overlooked and hadn’t worked well in music for 15 years. Since Wilborn (who also sang) was the last living survivor of McKinney’s Natural …

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