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Plant Morand was an excellent New Orleans-style trumpeter best-known for his association using the Harlem Hamfats in the 1930’s. He started playing trumpet when he was 11 after having noticed King Oliver. One of is own first important careers was touring the South with Nat Towles. After shifting to NY …

The Harlem Hamfats were a crack studio music group formed in 1936 by dark talent scout Mayo “Ink” Williams. Its primary function was support jazz and blues performers such as for example Johnny Temple, Rosetta Howard, and Frankie “Fifty percent Pint” Jackson for Decca Information; the Hamfats’ aspect career started …