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Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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Barney Bigard
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Russell Garcia
Russell Garcia
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Juan García Esquivel
Juan García Esquivel
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Roy Crimmins
Roy Crimmins
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
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Red Allen
Red Allen
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
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Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
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King Oliver
King Oliver
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Pee Wee Russell
Pee Wee Russell
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Mary Osborne
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Big Boy Goudie
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Louis Armstrong
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Omer Simeon
Omer Simeon
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Al Casey
Al Casey
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Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
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Hank Penny
Hank Penny
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John Simmons
John Simmons
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Joe Puma
Joe Puma
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Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Juan Alderete
Juan Alderete
musician
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Julius Hemphill
Julius Hemphill
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
American musician and member of the Grateful Dead
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Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
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Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
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Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
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Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Greg Osby
Greg Osby
American musician
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Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Calvin Newborn
Calvin Newborn
American guitarist
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Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Cándido Camero
Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Major Holley
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
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Luis Russell
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
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Tab Smith
Tab Smith
American swing and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist
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Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
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Walter Thomas
Walter Thomas
American saxophonist
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Louis Metcalf
Louis Metcalf
American musician
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
King Garcia
Puerto Rican jazz trumpeter

King Garcia

Intro
Puerto Rican jazz trumpeter
Genres
Music

Louis "King" Garcia (August 25, 1905 – September 4, 1983) was a Puerto Rican jazz trumpeter who spent most of his career in the United States.

Garcia played early in his life in the Municipal Band of San Juan, whose director was Juan Tizol's uncle, Manuel Tizol. He moved to the U.S. early in the 1920s, where he played with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Emil Coleman. In the 1930s he did work in the studios, including his most important association, which was with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. He recorded with the bandleaders both together and separately. He also played with Vic Berton (1935), Richard Himber, Nat Brandwyne, Amanda Randolph, and Louis Prima (1939). In the 1940s he returned to play with Coleman again, and led his own Latin ensemble that decade. By the 1960s he had moved to California and essentially retired due to failing health.