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Carey, Mutt, 1891-1948

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Personal name headingCarey, Mutt, 1891-1948
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Variant(s)Carey, Thomas, 1891-1948
Carey, Papa Mutt, 1891-1948
See alsoCorporate body: New Yorkers (Musical group : Mutt Carey)
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedNew Orleans (La.)
Birth date1891
Death date1948-09-03
Place of birthHahnville (La.)
Place of deathElsinore (Calif.)
AffiliationKid Ory's Creole Jazz Band Southern Pacific Railroad Company Standard Oil Company of California New Yorkers (Musical group : Mutt Carey)
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Trumpet players Cornet players Singers
Found inGiants of traditional jazz [SR] c1980 (a.e.) label (Mutt Carey, trumpet)
African American National Biography, accessed January 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Carey, Mutt; Thomas Carey; jazz musician, trumpeter, cornetist, singer; born 1891 in Hahnville, Louisiana, United States; worked with Lawrence Duhé's Original Creole Band (1918); joined Kid Ory's band (1919-1921); recorded for Nordskog label under the name of Spikes' Seven Pods of Pepper (1922); recorded under the name Papa Mutt's Liberty Syncopators (1927); worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad; recorded performances for Standard Oil Company of California (1944-1946); recorded under the name of Mutt Carey and his New Yorkers (1947); died 03 September 1948 in Elsinore, California, United States)
Oxford music online, November 15, 2016: New Grove dictionary of jazz, 2nd edition (Carey, (Papa) Mutt (Thomas); born 1891, Hahnville, LA; died September 3, 1948, Elsinore, CA; trumpeter)
Wikipedia, November 15, 2016 (Mutt Carey; Thomas "Papa Mutt" Carey; born September 17, 1891, Hahnville, Louisiana; died September 3, 1948, Lake Elsinore, California; New Orleans jazz trumpeter)