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American musician (1917-2015)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1917-11-07
Active to
2015-07-15

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Howard Rumsey (born November 7, 1917) is an American jazz double-bassist in the 'West Coast school' of the cool jazz idiom, who performed with the jazz group The Lighthouse All-Stars with which he made many recordings. Regular participants in the Lighthouse band were Bud Shank, Bob Cooper and to a lesser extent, Sonny Clark. He was born in Brawley, California. He also did work early on with Stan Kenton and was particularly active in the 1950s with musicians such as Bud Shank <a href="https://www

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Instance of
human
Given name
Howard
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Brawley
Place of death
Newport Beach
Occupation
jazz musician
Genre
jazz
Instrument
double bass
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date of birth
1917-11-07
date of death
2015-07-15
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