Charlie Barnet
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Charles Daly Barnet was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
Barnet in New York City, c. August 1946; by William P. Gottlieb
Barnet with Rex Stewart, New York City, c. August 1946; by William P. Gottlieb
Barnet leading his band for a WOR broadcast at the New York Aquarium, c. August 1946; by William P. Gottlieb
Barnet with his pet monkey, Re-Bop, New York City, c. August 1946; by William P. Gottlieb
Roy Eldridge
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David Roy Eldridge, nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure fr
Charlie Barnet
…first bandleaders to integrate his band, with more black musicians working for him than virtually all of the other popular white bandleaders. Trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Frankie Newton and bassist John Kirby joined in 1937. Lena Horne was one of Barnet's vocalists. Unusually, for a mainly white group, Barnet was…
Eldridge in 1946
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