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Deems, Barrett

LC control no.n 85076533
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Personal name headingDeems, Barrett
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedChicago (Ill.)
Birth date1915-03-01
Death date1998-09-15
Place of birthSpringfield (Ill.)
Place of deathChicago (Ill.)
Profession or occupationDrummers (Musicians) Jazz musicians
Found inVenuti, J. Joe in Chicago [SR] p1979: container (Barrett Deems, drums)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Deems, Barrett; b. Mar. 1, 1914, Springfield, IL; drummer)
Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed. (Deems, Barrett Bruce; b. Mar. 1, 1915, Springfield, Ill.; musician (drums), actor)
Feather, L.G. Enc. of jazz in the seventies (Deems, Barrett B.; b. Mar. 1, 1913, Springfield, Ill.; drums)
Notes, June 1999: p. 862 (Deems, Barrett; d. Sept. 15, 1998, at 85, Chicago; American drummer)
Oxford music online, October 13, 2017: New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Deems, Barrett (Bruce); born March 1, 1915?, Springfield, Illinois, died September 15, 1998, Chicago; American drummer; American drummer. His year of birth has been published as 1914 in reference books; [Howard] Reich's pieces for the Chicago tribune (from 1992) give 1913; however, in a questionnaire for this dictionary Deems himself gave 1915)
Social Security death index, October 13, 2017 (Barrett Deems; born March 1, 1915, died September 15, 1998; last known residence: Chicago, Illinois)