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Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
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Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
band that plays jazz
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Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
4
Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
5
Herb Pomeroy
Herb Pomeroy
American trumpeter
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Randy Sandke
Randy Sandke
American musician
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Francis Williams
Francis Williams
American jazz musician
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Chico O'Farrill
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Gary Foster
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
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Eddie Safranski
Eddie Safranski
American musician
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Buddy Deppenschmidt
Buddy Deppenschmidt
American jazz drummer
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Ben Smith
Ben Smith
American jazz alto saxophonist, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist
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Joe Gallivan
Joe Gallivan
American musician
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Danny Gottlieb
Danny Gottlieb
American drummer
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Mousey Alexander
Mousey Alexander
Jazz drummer
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Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
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Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
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Richie Powell
Richie Powell
American pianist
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Bernie Privin
Bernie Privin
American musician
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Ziggy Elman
Ziggy Elman
American musician
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Bill Mobley
Bill Mobley
American musician
28
David Benoit
David Benoit
American jazz pianist, composer and producer (born 1953)
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Stan Getz
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
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Billy Butterfield
Billy Butterfield
American musician
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Joe Garland
Joe Garland
American musician
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Red Rodney
Red Rodney
American musician
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Charlie Spivak
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
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Carson Smith
Carson Smith
American musician
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Laurie Frink
Laurie Frink
American musician and music educator
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George Adams
George Adams
musician
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Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Lennie Niehaus
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Johnny Best
Johnny Best
American musician
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Bud Powell
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
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James Chirillo
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Russell Smith
Russell Smith
American jazz musician
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Billy Bauer
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Charlie Teagarden
Charlie Teagarden
American musician
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Fess Williams
Fess Williams
American musician
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Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
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Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Teddy Bunn
Teddy Bunn
American musician
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Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Charlie Green
Charlie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Joe Magnarelli
Joe Magnarelli
American musician
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Joe Albany
Joe Albany
American pianist
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Stu Martin
Stu Martin
American musician
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Money Johnson
Money Johnson
American musician
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Dick Vance
Dick Vance
American musician
68
Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Reginald Veal
Reginald Veal
American musician
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Sam Wooding
Sam Wooding
American jazz pianist
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Ralph Burns
Ralph Burns
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Dodo Marmarosa
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
75
Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott
British musician
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Arnold Ross
Arnold Ross
American musician and pianist
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Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
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Sylvester Ahola
Sylvester Ahola
American trumpeter and cornetist
Charlie Gaines
jazz trumpeter and bandleader

Charlie Gaines

Intro
jazz trumpeter and bandleader
Genres
Music

Charlie H. "Devil" Gaines (August 8, 1900 – November 23, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.

As a teenager Gaines played in brass bands in Philadelphia. Gaines moved to New York City in 1920, where he joined the orchestra of Wilbur Sweatman. He soon signed on with Clarence Williams's house band, then played with Sam Wooding, Earl Walton, Leroy Smith, Fats Waller, Charlie Johnson, and the Hot Chocolates.

In the 1930s Gaines launched his own band in Philadelphia; he recorded occasionally, including once with Williams in 1934. Concomitantly he continued playing with Smith and also played in Louis Armstrong's orchestra. He continued to lead bands in Philadelphia into the 1950s, especially at the jazz venue Carroll's. In the 1960s he played in a trio at the Hangover Club. Gaines went into retirement in the 1970s.

Gaines left behind four children and over twenty grand and great-grandchildren.