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Personnel: Louis Armstrong -trumpet Joe Muranyi – clarinet Tyree Glenn – trombone Marty Napoleon – piano Milt Hinton – bass Jo Jones – drums Recorded: [More]
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Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra – Carolina Stomp Personnel: Coleman Hawkins – clarinet, tenor saxophone Louis Armstrong – cornet Elmer Chambers, Joe Smith – trumpet [More]
Going Places is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright. Dick Powell plays a sporting goods salesman who is forced to pose [More]
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Cliff Jackson – piano, bandleader. Recorded 1930 on Grey Gull.