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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Jack Purvis
Jack Purvis
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Jan Garber
Jan Garber
American musician
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Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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Roy Fox
Roy Fox
American musician, bandleader
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Sy Oliver
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Sanford Gold
Sanford Gold
American musician
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Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)
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Johnny Varro
Johnny Varro
American pianist
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Joe Sullivan
Joe Sullivan
American musician
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Jack Hylton
Jack Hylton
British band leader and impresario
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Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
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Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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Guy Lombardo
Guy Lombardo
Canadian-American bandleader
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Ben Bernie
Ben Bernie
American jazz violinist and radio personality
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Red Norvo
Red Norvo
American musician
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Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke
American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914-1980)
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Curtis Counce
Curtis Counce
American musician
30
Pete Fountain
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930-2016)
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Andy Kirk
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
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Milt Raskin
Milt Raskin
American musician
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Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
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Ted Heath
Ted Heath
British musician
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Luis Russell
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
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Charlie La Vere
Charlie La Vere
American pianist
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
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Irving Mills
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Chuck Berghofer
Chuck Berghofer
American musician
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Richard M. Jones
Richard M. Jones
American musician
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Rube Bloom
Rube Bloom
American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author
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Ronnie Mathews
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Lew Stone
Lew Stone
British bandleader and arranger
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Babe Russin
Babe Russin
American musician
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Charlie Spivak
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
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Junie Cobb
Junie Cobb
American bandleader, conductor and jazz musician
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Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Jack Butler
Jack Butler
American musician
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Frank Chacksfield
Frank Chacksfield
British musician
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Johnny Best
Johnny Best
American musician
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Johnny Hartman
Johnny Hartman
Jazz Singer
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Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
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Seger Ellis
Seger Ellis
American musician
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
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Bill Berry
Bill Berry
American musician
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Jack Wilson
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
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George Avakian
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
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Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon
US musician
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Stan Wrightsman
Stan Wrightsman
American pianist (1910-1975)
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Vic Lewis
Vic Lewis
British musician
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Adrian Rollini
Adrian Rollini
American musician
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Walter Page
Walter Page
American jazz musician
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Joe Mooney
Joe Mooney
American jazz and pop accordionist and organist
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Gordon Jenkins
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Johnny Green
Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
Frank Froeba
American musician

Frank Froeba

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Frank Froeba or Froba (August 1907, New Orleans - February 16, 1981, Miami) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.

Froeba held jobs in the bands of Johnny Wiggs and John Tobin while still in his teens. He played with Johnny de Droit in New York City in 1924-1925, then led his own band in Atlantic City in the latter half of the decade, in addition to moonlighting in other dance ensembles. He recorded with Jack Purvis in 1930 and with Jack Bland in 1932, then worked with Benny Goodman in 1933-1935. From 1935 to 1944, he led his own band, including on recordings for Columbia and Decca. Among his sideman were Bunny Berigan, Jack Purvis, Bobby Hackett and Joe Marsala. He was a house pianist for Decca in the 1930s and 1940s, playing behind Bob Howard and Lil Armstrong, among others. In 1955, he moved to Miami and performed as Frank Froba, moving more into popular performance.