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American composer, arranger, and conductor (1927–2024)

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  • Popular Comics 98
  • Popular Comics 101
  • Conversations with Bill Holman
  • Inspired by Fire

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1927-05-21
Active to
2024-05-06
cool jazzjazzswingtraditional pop

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Bill Holman (May 21, 1927 - May 6, 2024) was an American songwriter, conductor, composer/arranger, and saxophonist working primarily in the jazz idiom. Born Willis Leonard Holman in Olive, California, near Santa Ana, Holman took up clarinet in junior high school and tenor saxophone in high school. By his late teenage years he was leading his own band. After serving in the United States Navy, where he studied engineering, he decided in the late '40s that he wanted to write big band music. <a hre

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date of birth
1927-05-21
end of work period
2024-00-00
name in native language
Bill Holman
birth name
Willis Leonard Holman
start of work period
1951-00-00
date of death
2024-05-06
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