Booker Little

trumpet · 1938–1961 · Memphis

Trumpeter and composer born in Memphis in 1938, died in New York in 1961 at age 23. A member of Max Roach's group, he co-led a residency at the Five Spot with Eric Dolphy in 1961.

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Styles

• Hard bop
• Free jazz

Landmark tracks

• We Speak (1961)
• Moods in Free Time (1961)
• Man of Words (1961)

Sources

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