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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Walter Page
Walter Page
American jazz musician
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Serge Chaloff
Serge Chaloff
American musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Buster Smith
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Butch Ballard
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
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Wallace Davenport
Wallace Davenport
American musician
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Helen Humes
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Ed Lewis
Ed Lewis
American musician
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Emmett Berry
Emmett Berry
American musician
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Chico O'Farrill
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Jimmy Maxwell
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
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Robert Trowers
Robert Trowers
American musician
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
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Singleton Palmer
Singleton Palmer
American musician
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Waymon Reed
Waymon Reed
American musician
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Jimmy Harrison
Jimmy Harrison
American musician
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Elmer Snowden
Elmer Snowden
American musician
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Doug Lawrence
Doug Lawrence
American jazz saxophonist
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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John Heard
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Sonny Cohn
Sonny Cohn
American musician
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
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Dicky Wells
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
June Clark
Jazz trumpeter and cornetist

June Clark

Intro
Jazz trumpeter and cornetist
Genres
Music

Algeria Junius "June" Clark (March 24, 1900 in Long Branch, New Jersey – February 23, 1963 in New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist, and boxing manager.

Clark, a native of Long Branch, played piano as a child, then took up bugle and trumpet, playing in local brass bands. He took a job as a porter in New Orleans, then played in a musical revue called S.H. Dudley's Black Sensations, where he played with James P. Johnson. Clark and Johnson parted from the show to play on their own, landing in Toledo, Ohio and playing with Jimmy Harrison late in the 1910s. In 1920 Clark relocated to Philadelphia, where he played with Josephine Stevens and Willie "The Lion" Smith (1921–22). He then played in the traveling show Holiday in Dixie, but this enterprise collapsed in Detroit after a poor run, and Clark temporarily took up work in an automobile factory. He rejoined Harrison soon after as a member of the Fess Williams Band.

By 1924 Clark was in New York City, playing with his own band in various nightclubs and other venues in the city. He played with Ferman Tapp, Jimmy Reynolds (1933–1935), George Baquet, Charlie Skeete, and Vance Dixon in the 1930s, but failing health led him to quit music to act as Louis Armstrong's tour manager. He suffered from an extended bout of tuberculosis in 1939, and was bedridden for several years. After his recovery he worked as a musical advisor and assisted Earl Hines. Later in the 1940s he gave up music for boxing, and went on to become Sugar Ray Robinson's manager.