biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1907–94)
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| biography:
| Jazz musician, born in Rochester, New York, USA. A versatile song and dance man, he led a succession of outstanding big bands (1928–53). He followed Duke Ellington into the residency at the Cotton Club in 1931, and was featured in the 1979 movie The Blues Brothers. |
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