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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Pat LaBarbera
Pat LaBarbera
American musician
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
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Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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Bill Finegan
Bill Finegan
American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Helen Humes
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
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Peter Herbolzheimer
Peter Herbolzheimer
German musician
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
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Sy Oliver
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Ray Noble
Ray Noble
English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor (1903-1978)
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Richard Davis
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
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Joe Venuti
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Al Lucas
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
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Jan Garber
Jan Garber
American musician
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Big Miller
Big Miller
American blues singer (1922-1992)
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Mercer Ellington
Mercer Ellington
American musician
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Moe Purtill
Moe Purtill
American musician
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Bill Berry
Bill Berry
American musician
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Jerry Gray
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Johnny Frigo
Johnny Frigo
American jazz musician
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Alan Shulman
Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
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Marshal Royal
Marshal Royal
American musician
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Eddie Henderson
Eddie Henderson
American musician
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Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
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Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Lenny Hambro
Lenny Hambro
Jazz Musician
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Tommy Ladnier
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
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Irving Mills
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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George Bohanon
George Bohanon
American musician
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Lud Gluskin
Lud Gluskin
musical director
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Sam Wooding
Sam Wooding
American jazz pianist
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Don Ellis
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
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Ernst van’t Hoff
Ernst van’t Hoff
Dutch pianist (1908-1955)
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Joe Haymes
Joe Haymes
American musician
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Johnny Best
Johnny Best
American musician
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Jim McNeely
Jim McNeely
American musician
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Dick Oatts
Dick Oatts
American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Bob Scobey
Bob Scobey
American musician
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George Chisholm
George Chisholm
British musician (1915-1997)
Trump Davidson
Canadian jazz bandleader and cornetist

Trump Davidson

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Canadian jazz bandleader and cornetist
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Music

James Douglas "Trump" Davidson (November 26, 1908 - May 2, 1978) was a Canadian jazz bandleader and cornetist.

Davidson formed one of Canada's earliest jazz bands in 1925, under the name The Melody Five. From 1929 to 1936 he played in Luigi Romanelli's orchestra, then led a dance band from 1937 to 1942, which broadcast on NBC and toured in the UK with Ray Noble in 1938–39. He worked in Horace Lapp's orchestra in 1942, then led a dance band in Toronto at the Palace Pier from 1944 until 1962. This group appeared often on CBC radio and recorded several times during the 1960s. He led a big band from 1974 to 1978, also singing with this group.