| LC control no. | n 91090550 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Anderson, Cat |
| Variant(s) | Anderson, William Alonzo Anderson, Willie, 1916-1981 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19160912 |
| Death date | 19810429 |
| Place of birth | Greenville (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Norwalk (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Carolina Cotton Pickers Orchestra Duke Ellington Orchestra Sunset Royal Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Trumpet players Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Ellington, D. Ellington showcase [SR] 195-?: container (Cat Anderson) New Grove dict. of jazz (Anderson, Cat (William Alonzo); b. Sept. 12, 1916, Greenville, SC, d. Apr. 29, 1981, Norwalk, CA; trumpeter) Warm valley [SR] 1953?: label (Willie "The Cat" Anderson) African American National Biography, accessed November 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Anderson, Cat; William Alonzo Anderson Jr.; trumpeter, jazz musician; born 12 September 1916 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States; formed the cooperative Carolina Cotton Pickers, Florida (1933); his first lasting affiliation with the Sunset Royals (1936-1942); worked in the big bands of Lucky Millinder (1942-1944); joined Duke Ellington's orchestra (1944); led his own band until (1950; was a freelancer on the West Coast; guest soloist with the bassist Charles Mingus's group at the Newport Jazz Festival (1972); played with the trumpeter Bill Berry's big band; participated in a few reunions with Ellington's band and with Hampton's, including the album Lionel Hampton and His Jazz Giants' 77 (1977); recorded his own album, Cat Speaks (1977); died 29 April 1981 in Norwalk, California, United States) |
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