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Cohen, Paul, 1922-2021

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Personal name headingCohen, Paul, 1922-2021
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Variant(s)Cohen, Pauly, 1922-2021
Birth date1922-10-03
Death date2021-02-08
Place of birthBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathTamarac (Fla.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationTrumpet players
Found inClayton, B. A swingin' dream [SR] p1989: insert (lead trumpeter Paul Cohen has worked for Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Charlie Barnet, and Count Basie, among others; belongs whole-heartedly to the swing tradition)
SouthFlorida.com, Apr. 28, 2015: Band leader Pauly Cohen still swinging at 91 (bandleader Paul Cohen conducts the Paul Cohen Big Band; performed and socialized with some of the 20th century's jazz and pop culture icons: Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Jackie Gleason, Quincy Jones, Judy Garland)
ITG WWW site, Apr. 28, 2015: (Big band trumpeter Pauly Cohen was born in Brooklyn, October 3, 1922 ; at eighteen he left home; found work almost immediately; first in the Earl Hines band, then the bands of Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnett, and five years as lead trumpet in the Count Basie band)
Discogs profile, viewed July 8, 2022: (Paul Cohen; died February 8, 2021, Tamarac, Florida)