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Gonzalez, Jerry, 1949-2018

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Personal name headingGonzalez, Jerry, 1949-2018
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Variant(s)Gonzales, Jerry, 1949-2018
González, Gerald Antonio, 1949-2018
LocatedBronx (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date1949-06-05
Death date2018-10-01
Place of birthManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathMadrid (Spain)
Field of activityLatin jazz
AffiliationFort Apache Band
Profession or occupationTrumpet players Percussionists Jazz musicians
Found inAcoustic masters II, p1994: label (Jerry Gonzales, trumpet)
Gonzalez, J. Fire dance [SR] p1996: label (Jerry Gonzalez) container (trumpet, flugelhorn, congas)
All music guide to jazz, 2nd ed. (Gonzalez, Jerry; b. Jan. 5, 1949, New York, NY; trumpet, percussion, leader)
Calle 54 [SR] p2001: container (Jerry González) insert (flugelhorn, congas)
New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Gonzalez, Jerry(, Jr.); b. Jan. 5, 1949, New York; trumpeter, flugelhorn player, conga player, and leader, brother of Andy Gonzalez)
New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 2, 2018 (in obituary published Oct. 1: Jerry González; b. Gerald Antonio González, June 5, 1949, Manhattan; grew up in the Bronx; moved to Spain in 2000; d. Monday [Oct. 1, 2018], Madrid, aged 69; trumpeter and percussionist who was a central figure in Latin jazz, especially through the Fort Apache Band, which he formed almost 40 years ago with his bass-playing brother, Andy González)