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Also known as Glenn Gray Knoblauch

American musician (1906–1963)

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  • Scent of Pine

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Glen Gray Knoblauch, better known as Glen Gray, (7 June 1900 – 23 August 1963) was a well-known jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra. When he was 13 years old, Gray organized a group known as Spike's Jazz Band. A graduate of Roanoke High School, he later attended Illinois Wesleyan University but left to work as a bill clerk for the Santa Fe Railroad. In the late 1920s Gray was playing saxophone in the Orange Blossoms Band. After performing at the Casa Loma Hotel in Toronto for

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date of birth
1906-06-07
date of death
1963-08-23
birth name
Glen Gray Knoblaugh
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Glen Gray
start of work period
1915-00-00
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