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Moore, Wild Bill

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Personal name headingMoore, Wild Bill
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Variant(s)Moore, William Melvin
Moore, Bill, 1918-1983
Associated countryTexas United States
LocatedLos Angeles (Calif.) Detroit (Mich.)
Birth date1918-06-13
Death date1983-08-08
Place of birthGreenville (Tex.)
Houston (Tex.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityRhythm and blues music Jazz
Profession or occupationSaxophonists Rhythm and blues musicians Jazz musicians Boxers (Sports)
Found inBlack California, p1980: label (Wild Bill Moore) container (saxophone)
New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Moore, Wild Bill (William Melvin); b. June 13, 1918, Greenville, TX, d. Aug. 8, 1983, Los Angeles; tenor saxophonist)
Wikipedia, September 24, 2018 (Wild Bill Moore; born William M. Moore, June 13, 1918, Detroit, Michigan; died August 1, 1983, Los Angeles, California; American R&B and jazz tenor saxophone player)
allmusic.com, September 24, 2018 (Wild Bill Moore; born William M. Moore, June 13, 1918, Houston, TX; died August 1, 1983; Texas tenor saxman; relocated to Los Angeles, where he really began to build a name for himself from about 1945 to 1947; lived in Detroit from 1947 until the mid-1970s, then returned to Los Angeles)
hoyhoy.com, September 24, 2018 (Wild Bill Moore (born William M. Moore, Houston, Texas, June 13, 1918; seems not to have adopted the nickname "Wild" until c. late 1946 (leading to potential confusion with at least two other Bill Moores recording jazz in the mid-'40s); d. 1983); saxophonist and boxer)
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