Zarchy, Zeke, 1915-2009

LC control no.	no2011134280
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Zarchy, Zeke, 1915-2009 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Zarchy, Rubin, 1915-2009
Birth date	19150612
Death date	20090412
Place of birth	N.Y.
Place of death	Irvine, Calif.
Affiliation	American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces
Profession or occupation	big band trumpeter
Found in	American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. The Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. presents Major Glenn Miller and his Army Air Force Band, p1976: label (Zeke Zarchy) Wikipedia, via WWW, August 26, 2011 (Zeke Zarchy; an American lead trumpet player of the big band and swing eras; born Rubin Zarchy on June 12, 1915; joined the Joe Haymes orchestra in 1934, then played with Benny Goodman in 1936 and Artie Shaw in 1937; from 1937 to 1942, he worked and recorded with the bands of Red Norvo, Bob Crosby, Mildred Bailey, Frank Sinatra, Helen Ward, Judy Garland, Tommy Dorsey, and Ella Fitzgerald; was the first musician chosen by Glenn Miller for what became Miller's Army Air Force Band (officially, the 418th Army Band) where Zarchy played lead trumpet and was Master (First) Sergeant from 1942 to 1945; after World War II, he moved to Los Angeles where he became a first-call studio musician; during the 1960s and '70s, he played in the house bands of several CBS TV variety shows and was a member of the NBC Staff Orchestras in New York and Los Angeles; died on April 12, 2009) Los Angeles Times Obituaries, via WWW, August 26, 2011 (April 17, 2009 edition; Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy, big band trumpeter; born in New York; died in Irvine, California)