Frankie Trumbauer

C-melody saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet · 1901–1956 · Carbondale

Saxophonist, composer and bandleader of the 1920s and 1930s, whose playing influenced Lester Young. Associated with Bix Beiderbecke and Eddie Lang, he spent much of the late 1920s with Paul Whiteman, then left music in 1939 for aviation.

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Styles

• Chicago
• Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras

Landmark tracks

• Singin' the Blues (1927)
• Riverboat Shuffle (1927)
• Trumbology (1927)

Sources

• Source

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