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Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Dick Vance
Dick Vance
American musician
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Mouse Randolph
Mouse Randolph
American musician
3
Sandy Williams
Sandy Williams
American musician
4
Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
5
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Garvin Bushell
Garvin Bushell
American musician
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Beverly Peer
Beverly Peer
American musician
8
Edgar Sampson
Edgar Sampson
American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist
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Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
10
John Kirby
John Kirby
jazz bassist
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Charlie Green
Charlie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Hilton Jefferson
Hilton Jefferson
American jazz saxophonist
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Chick Webb
Chick Webb
American musician
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Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
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Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
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Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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Rubberlegs Williams
Rubberlegs Williams
American jazz musician
19
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
20
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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J. C. Johnson
J. C. Johnson
American musician
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Benny Morton
Benny Morton
American musician
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Joe Tarto
Joe Tarto
American musician
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Fernando Arbello
Fernando Arbello
American musician
25
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
American jazz musician
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
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Don Redman
Don Redman
American musician
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Charlie Dixon
Charlie Dixon
American musician
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Jonah Jones
Jonah Jones
American musician
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Chris Botti
Chris Botti
American trumpeter and composer
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Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
35
Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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Joe Thomas
Joe Thomas
trumpeter
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Jerry Blake
Jerry Blake
American musician
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Joe Garland
Joe Garland
American musician
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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J. C. Higginbotham
J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz trombonist
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Ward Pinkett
Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
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Bobby Shew
Bobby Shew
American musician
51
Skitch Henderson
Skitch Henderson
American pianist, conductor, and composer (1918-2005)
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Art Blakey
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Nathaniel Shilkret
Nathaniel Shilkret
American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director
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Shelton Hemphill
Shelton Hemphill
American musician
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János Starker
János Starker
Hungarian-American cellist
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney
American musician
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
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Glen Gray
Glen Gray
American musician
61
Jeff Beal
Jeff Beal
American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall
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Joe Smith
Joe Smith
American jazz trumpeter
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George Avakian
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
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Claude Jones
Claude Jones
trombonist
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Teddy McRae
Teddy McRae
American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Bobby Bradford
Bobby Bradford
American musician
72
Elmer James
Elmer James
American musician
Bobby Stark
American musician

Bobby Stark

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American musician
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Music

Bobby Stark (January 6, 1906 – December 29, 1945) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Stark started playing music at age 15 and played piano, clarinet, saxophone, and alto horn before deciding on trumpet. In the mid-1920s he played with June Clark (1925), Edgar Dowell, Leon Abbey, Duncan Mayers, Bobbie Brown, Bobby Lee, Billy Butler, Charles Turner, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and Chick Webb, the last in 1926-27.

From 1927 to 1933, he played in Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra as a featured soloist. He returned to duty under Chick Webb behind Taft Jordan from 1934 to 1939. After Webb's death, he remained in the orchestra, now under the direction of Ella Fitzgerald. In 1940, he left the group to freelance. In 1942-43, he served in the Army. Sharp then played with Garvin Bushell (1944) and Benny Morton shortly before his death. He never led his own recording session.