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Ted Heath

Ted Heath was probably one of the most popular big-band leaders in the uk from the 1950s. His rings played modernized golf swing music which was constantly danceable but sometimes had beneficial solos played within the custom. Heath began playing tenor horn before he turned to trombone when he was …

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Slick Jones

An excellent accompanist, Slick Jones is most well-known for his period as an associate of Fat Waller’s Tempo. Jones used Fletcher Henderson briefly in 1934 and 1936 and toured and documented with Waller pretty frequently during 1936-41; he also documented with Gene Sedric, Don Redman, Lionel Hampton and Una Mae …

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Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson was the definitive golf swing pianist, a good and impeccable soloist whose clean and steady design was even more accessible to everyone than Earl Hines or Artwork Tatum. He found early experience using Rate Webb in 1929 and showing up on some Louis Armstrong recordings in 1933. Found …

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Speckled Red

Pianist Speckled Crimson (given birth to Rufus Perryman) was created in Monroe, Louisiana, but he made his status within the St. Louis and Memphis blues moments from the ’20s and ’30s. Crimson was equally experienced in early jazz and boogie-woogie — his design was much like Roosevelt Sykes and Small …

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George Stafford

This drummer had a comparatively short career but could be heard on recordings of classic jazz through the ’20s and ’30s including sides with trumpeters Jabbo Smith and Henry ‘Red’ Allen and trombonist Jack Teagarden. George Stafford hailed from a musical family members in the Ozarks which has provoked a …

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Garnet Clark

“Relaxin’ in Camarillo” will be the most likely theme music for the brief, tragic profession of the jazz pianist, whose 1st name comes filled with a couple of of the notice “t” by the end, all with regards to the generosity from the typesetter. The author of that music, Charlie …

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Bob Howard

Bob Howard made an extraordinary variety of recordings during 1935-38, a sufficient amount of to fill five LPs. Using the reputation of Fatty acids Waller, Howard was agreed upon by Decca as competition but he hardly ever came close regardless of the usage of some significant sidemen. Howard transferred to …

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