Harry James on tour
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Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was a popular United States musician and band leader, and a well known trumpet virtuoso. Harry James was born in Albany, Georgia, the son of a bandleader of a traveling circus. By age 10 he was taking trumpet lessons from his father. His father had him on a very strict practicing schedule every day. More…
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- Tags:
- jazz, big band, swing, trumpet, bebop
- Similar to:
- Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Les Brown, Larry Clinton
