Chester Boone
Chester Boone (born February 27, 1906 in Houston , Texas, † January 25, 1988 ) was an American jazz trumpeter .
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Boone grew up in Houston, where he led his own jazz band as a teenager. At the end of the 1920s he left town with band leader Dee Johnson . He was later a member of the Troy Floyd Band , where he met Herschel Evans . With this he switched to the Grant Moore Band and then worked with Cassino Simpson in Chicago .
In 1932 he returned to Houston, where he again led his own blues-oriented Territory band . In it Eddie played "Cleanhead" Vinson and T-Bone Walker . Between 1934 and 1936 Arnett Cobb also played in this band. In 1936 Boone became a trumpeter for the Brown Skin Models , with whom he came to New York . There he recorded with Louis Jordan , Sammy Price and Lloyd Phillips and became a member of Joseph 'Kaiser' Marshall's band . After appearing with Horace Henderson and Buddy Johnson , he was a member of Luis Russell's band for three years .
In the final years of World War II, he toured on behalf of the United Service Organizations and performed on the islands of the South Pacific. Later he only appeared occasionally as a trumpeter or singer. In the 1950s he founded the Nu Tex record label .
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| SURNAME | Boone, Chester |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1988 |