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Phil Napoleon (born Filippo Napoli, September 2, 1901 – October 1, 1990) was an early jazz trumpeter and bandleader born in Boston, Massachusetts. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, writing for The Penguin Guide to Jazz, refer to Napoleon as "a genuine pioneer" whose playing was "profoundly influential on men such as Red Nichols and Bix Beiderbecke." Napoleon began with classical training, and was performing publicly by age 5. In the 1910s, he was <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Phil+Napoleon">R
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Filippo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- North Miami
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Image
- Jackie Gleason Phil Napo043.jpg
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- Phil Napoleon
- date of birth
- 1901-09-02
- date of death
- 1990-09-13
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