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Rudd, Roswell

LC control no.n 88621286
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Personal name headingRudd, Roswell
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See alsoCorporate body: Roswell Rudd Sextet
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Corporate body: Roswell Rudd Trio
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Corporate body: Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet
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Birth date1935-11-17
Death date2017-12-21
Place of birthSharon (Conn.)
Place of deathKerhonkson (N.Y.)
Field of activityJazz Free jazz Avant-garde (Music)
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Trombonists
Found innuc87-38731: Lomax, A. Cantometrics, c1978, c1976 (hdg. on NNC rept.: Rudd, Roswell; usage: Roswell Rudd)
LC data base, 3-21-88 (hdg.: Rudd, Roswell)
New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Rudd, Roswell (Hopkins, Jr.); b. Nov. 17, 1935, Sharon, CT; trombonist)
New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 27, 2017 (in obituary published Dec. 26: Roswell Rudd; b. Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr., Nov. 17, 1935, Sharon, Conn.; d. Thursday [Dec. 21, 2017], Kerhonkson, N.Y., aged 82; helped establish a place for the trombone in the jazz avant-garde, then disappeared from the national stage for almost 20 years before enjoying a late-career resurgence in which he explored a wide array of styles)