Bobby Hackett
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz trumpeter (1915–1976)
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1915-01-31
- Active to
- 1976-06-07
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Bobby Hackett was born under the name of Robert Leo Hackett on the 31st January, 1915 in Providence , Rhode Island. Bobby, who was later to become the most important white representative of Dixieland jazz, learned banjo, guitar and violin as a child. He left school at 14 and played from then on with local dance orchestras. He eventually learned the trumpet and performed at the beginning of his career with Pee Wee Russel and Teddy Roy in Boston. He <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bobby+Hacket
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bobby
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Providence
- Place of death
- Massachusetts
- Occupation
- trumpeter
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- Bobby Hackett and Bubba Kolb.jpg
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1915-01-31
- date of death
- 1976-06-07
- Commons category
- Bobby Hackett
- manner of death
- natural causes
- different from
- Bobby Hackett
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
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