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Jimmy Harrison (October 17, 1900, Louisville, Kentucky – July 23, 1931, New York City) was an American jazz trombonist. Harrison began on trombone at age 15, playing locally in the Toledo, Ohio area. He played semi-pro baseball, but chose music over a career in sports when he joined a traveling minstrel show in the late 1910s. He led his own jazz ensemble in Atlantic City by 1919, and played in the bands of Charlie Johnson and Sam Wooding. He then moved to Detroit and played with Hank Duncan and
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- Jimmy
- Family name
- Harrison
- Gender
- male
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- United States
- Place of birth
- Louisville
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
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- 1900-10-17
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- 1931-07-23
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