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Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson (1908 – 1992) was a fine altosax player, mostly known for his participation in the Teddy Hill orchestra and Dicky Wells’ recording sessions in Paris in 1937… … Read entire article »
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Keg Johnson
Keg Johnson (1908 – 1967) was an active and personal trombone player in the thirties and forties, mostly known for his work with Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson and Cab Calloway… … Read entire article »
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Robert Crowder
Robert Crowder (ca. 1912 – no info) was a great tenorsax player, known mostly for his works with Earl Hines around 1940, but he never realized his potential and disappeared from view… … Read entire article »
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Arvid Gram Paulsen
Arvid Gram Paulsen (1922 – 1963) was the best of Norwegian tenorsax players in the swing tradition, a charismatic personality with multi-instrumental talents like Benny Carter, but living a rather unhealthy life and passed away much too early… … Read entire article »
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Sven Stiberg
Sven Stiberg (1914 – 1992) was Sweden’s greatest jazz guitar personality in the vintage era, and his recordings with Svenska Hotkvintetten in the early forties belong among Europe’s greatest treasures in the string swing tradition… … Read entire article »
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Frank Haynes
Frank Haynes (1928 – 1965) was one of those brilliant modern black tenorsax players who left us a handful of magnificent recordings in the early 1960s but died so young… … Read entire article »
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Frank “Big Boy” Goudie
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (1899 – 1964) was one of early tenorsax pioneers, mostly working in Europe, with many strong recording sessions in the 1930s involving Willie Lewis, Bill Coleman and others… … Read entire article »
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Your Guide to the Treasures of Vintage Jazz
Dear jazz friends all over the world, Jan Evensmo was the founder of Jazzarcheology.com, a guide to the treasures of Vintage Jazz. Unfortunately, our dear Jazz Archeologist passed away the 4th of February 2024.