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Buzzy Drootin
Buzzy Drootin
American musician
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Benny Morton
American musician
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Herman Autrey
Herman Autrey
American jazz musician
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Joe Thomas
Joe Thomas
trumpeter
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Don Albert
Don Albert
Trumpeter, bandleader
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Claude Hopkins
Claude Hopkins
American pianist
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Dukes of Dixieland
Dukes of Dixieland
New Orleans dixieland revival band
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Eddie Condon
US musician
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Allan Vache
Allan Vache
American musician
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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Don Ewell
Don Ewell
American musician
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Joe Muranyi
American jazz clarinetist
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Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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Panama Francis
Panama Francis
American musician
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Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Lloyd Glenn
Lloyd Glenn
American musician
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Pee Wee Russell
Pee Wee Russell
American musician
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Ed Polcer
Ed Polcer
American musician
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
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Tony Parenti
Tony Parenti
American musician
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Jim Cullum, Jr.
Jim Cullum, Jr.
American musician
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Andrew Hilaire
Andrew Hilaire
American jazz drummers
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Albert Burbank
Albert Burbank
American jazz clarinetist
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Rolf Kühn
Rolf Kühn
German jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader
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Stan Getz
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
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Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Albert Nicholas
Albert Nicholas
American musician
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Eddy Davis
Eddy Davis
American jazz musician
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Darnell Howard
Darnell Howard
American musician
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Evan Christopher
Evan Christopher
American musician
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Leon Breeden
Leon Breeden
American musician
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The Mothers of Invention
The Mothers of Invention
American rock band from California
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Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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Turk Murphy
Turk Murphy
American musician
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George Lewis
George Lewis
American musician
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Trigger Alpert
Trigger Alpert
musician
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Bob Wills
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Albert Dailey
Albert Dailey
American musician
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Serge Chaloff
Serge Chaloff
American musician
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Ray Gelato
Ray Gelato
musical artist
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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey
American musician
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Bill Berry
Bill Berry
American musician
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Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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Harry Blons
Harry Blons
American musician
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Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
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Earl May
Earl May
American musician
Herb Hall
American musician

Herb Hall

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Herbert Hall (March 28, 1907 – March 5, 1996) was an American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist.

Herb was the brother of Edmond Hall and the son of clarinetist Edward Hall. He began on banjo with the Niles Jazz Band (1923–25), then settled on reeds. In 1926 he played with Kid Augustin Victor in Baton Rouge, and moved to New Orleans the following year. He played briefly with Sidney Desvigne, then played for many years with Don Albert (1929–40), moving to San Antonio with him and remaining there until 1945.

After this he moved to Philadelphia, where he played with Herman Autrey; a few years later he was in New York, working with Doc Cheatham (1955) and did a European tour with Sammy Price (1955–56). He often played in the New York clubs of Jimmy Ryan and Eddie Condon in the late 1950s and 1960s. In 1968-69 he toured with Wild Bill Davison's Jazz Giants, and then a stint with an offshoot band of The Jazz Giants, called "Buzzy's Jazz Family" which included Herman Autrey, Benny Morton, Sonny Drootin, Eddie Gibbs and leader Buzzy Drootin on drums. He worked with Don Ewell in the 1970s. He also appeared in Bob Greene's Jelly Roll Morton revue show that decade.