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Shepherd, Leo (b. 1926)

Born in Charleston; entered Jenkins Orphanage in 1932 and played trumpet with the bands in the late 1930s through early 1940s; worked with several big bands including Lionel Hampton and was known as “the whistler” because of his high-note playing.

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