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b. c.1908, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Bridges performed tenor saxophone in a variety of territory rings in the Midwest in the past due 20s and early 30s. Best-known of the rings was that led by Alphonso Trent, and he also frequently worked well alongside Charlie Christian. In 1939 Bridges became …

Ahead of fading into obscurity in the hinterlands of LA, Henry Bridges apparently kept his very own against the visitors of many renowned tenor sax players from the past due ’30s and early ’40s. He was an early on associate of groundbreaking jazz guitarist Charlie Christian and was regarded a …