Duke Anderson

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Howard "Duke" Anderson was an American jazz and rhythm & blues musician ( piano , arrangement, composition).

Anderson worked with Tiny Bradshaw , Piney Brown and Willie Bryant from the 1940s , and from the 1950s also with Bobby Smith , Eddie Mack , Jimmy Scott and Willis Jackson . From 1947 to 1957 he had a big band in Newark. In the 1960s he worked as an arranger for Lionel Hampton . After Tom Lord , he was involved in eight recording sessions between 1944 and 1984; his last recordings were made with the Grover Mitchell Bigband ( Live at the Red Parrot ).

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  1. ↑ Barbara J. Kukla: Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50 . 2002, p. 230
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 26, 2014)
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SURNAME Anderson, Duke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anderson, Howard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and R&B musician
DATE OF BIRTH after 1900
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century