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Bert, Eddie

LC control no.nr 92032416
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Personal name headingBert, Eddie
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Variant(s)Bertolatus, Edward Joseph
See alsoEddie Bert Sextet
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Birth date1922-05-16
Death date2012-09-27
Place of birthYonkers (N.Y.)
Place of deathDanbury (Conn.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationTrombonists Jazz musicians
Found inCharles Mingus Quintet. The Charles Mingus Quintet plus Max Roach [SR] 1990: container (Eddie Bert, trombone)
Grove music online, Feb. 25, 2009 (Bert, Eddie (J.); b. May 16, 1922, Yonkers, NY; American trombonist)
New York times WWW site, Oct. 1, 2012 (in obituary published Sept. 30: Eddie Bert; b. Edward Joseph Bertolatus, May 16, 1922, Yonkers, N.Y.; d. Thursday [Sept. 27, 2012], Danbury, Conn., aged 90; jazz trombonist whose virtuosity and versatility allowed him to fit comfortably in a wide range of musical contexts, from the infectious swing of Benny Goodman to the wild experimentation of Charles Mingus)