| LC control no. | no 91030669 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Durham, Eddie, 1906-1987 |
| See also | Corporate body: Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1906-08-19 y-m-d |
| Death date | 1987-03-06 y-m-d |
| Place of birth | San Marcos (Tex.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Blue Devils (Musical group) Kansas City Six |
| Profession or occupation | Trombonists Guitarists Arrangers (Musicians) |
| Found in | Basie, C. Count Basie in Kansas City [SR] 1965: labels (Durham) container (Eddie Durham, trombone, solo guitar) New Grove dict. of jazz (Durham, Eddie; b. 8-19-06, San Marcos, TX; d. 3-6-87, New York; trombonist, guitarist, arranger) African American National Biography, accessed December 12 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Durham, Eddie; composer / arranger, jazz musician; born 19 August 1906 in San Marcos, Texas, United States; joined the Dixie Ramblers (1926), followed by a brief stay with Gene Coy's Happy Aces and then a period with Walter Page's Blue Devils; was a member of Bennie Moten's band in Kansas City (1929); was a pioneer in developing the amplified jazz guitar; was a member (on electric guitar) of the select Kansas City Six that participated in the now famous Carnegie Hall concert From Spirituals to Swing (23 December 1938); died 06 March 1987 in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States) |
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