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Jabbo Smith, born as Cladys Smith (24 December 1908 - 16 January 1991) was a United States jazz musician, known for his hot virtuoso playing on the trumpet. Smith was born in Pembroke, Georgia. At the age of 6 he went into the Jenkins Orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina where he learned trumpet and trombone, and by age 10 was touring with the Jenkins Band. At age 16 he left the Orphanage to become a professional musician, at first playing in bands in Philadelphia <a href="https://www.last.f
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pembroke
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- trumpeter
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Image
- Jabbo Smith.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1908-12-24
- date of death
- 1991-01-16
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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