A South Carolina native, Ott is a pianist, arranger, and conductor who resides in the New York-New Jersey vicinity; he has arranged and recorded with King Curtis, Gil Scott-Heron…
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Mouzon, Alphonse (b. 1948)
March 22, 2010 – 10:33 pm
Charlestonian and multi-instrumentalist; received early musical training with Lonnie Hamilton, III of Charleston and later studied drums with Bobby Thomas…
Morant, “Joey” Joseph
March 22, 2010 – 10:23 pm
Charlestonian and brass instrumentalist; quintessential player from the Jenkins Orphanage band tradition of the 1950s; trumpeter with Harlem Blues and Jazz Band…
Minger, Pete (? – 2000)
March 22, 2010 – 10:20 pm
Orangeburg, SC native; bop-based trumpeter and flügelhornist who attended Tennessee State University and Berklee School of Music; spent ten years with the Count Basie Orchestra…
Miley, Bubber (1903-1932)
March 22, 2010 – 10:12 pm
Born in Aiken, SC; trumpeter; Miley came to New York at age six and began studying trombone and trumpet; duing his service in the Navy, he toured with Mamie Smith (1920), played with Elmer Snowden’s Washingtonians…
Mikell, Francis Eugene, Sr. (1880-1932)
March 22, 2010 – 10:08 pm
Charlestonian and multi-instrumentalist; graduated from Avery Normal Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, and South Carolina State College at Orangeburg…
Livingston, “Fud” Joseph Anthony (1906-1957)
March 22, 2010 – 8:34 pm
A native of Charleston, Livingston was a songwriter and professional musician who played accordion and piano in his early years, and later worked as a reed man (saxophone and clarinet); in Charleston, he attended The Citadel briefly and followed his brother Walter…
Letman, “Johnny” John (1917-1992)
March 22, 2010 – 8:29 pm
Trumpeter; born in McCormick, SC; studied trumpet and mellophone in Chicago; played with the Nat Cole combo(1938), Horace Henderson and Red Saunders (1941-42)…
Keenan, “Dewey” Norman Wilson (b. 1916)
March 22, 2010 – 8:21 pm
Born in Union, SC; bassist; played/recorded with Count Basie…
Jordan, Taft (1915-1981)
March 21, 2010 – 7:00 pm
Born in Florence, SC but moved to Norfolk, VA and later to Philadelphia during his youth; trumpeter and vocalist; began playing on the baritone horn and later trumpet; he was known in his early career to be a Louis Armstrong sound-alike on trumpet and vocals…
