Milt Larkin
Milt (on) Larkin (born October 10, 1910 in Navasota , Texas , † August 31, 1996 in Houston , Texas) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Life
The self-taught Larkin performed in Texas with musicians such as Chester Boone and Giles Mitchell ( Birmingham Blue Blowers ). From 1936 to 1942 he led a Territory Band , the later greats such as Illinois Jacquet , Arnett Cobb , Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson , and Wild Bill Davis belonged. In 1942 the band, which toured nationwide, performed in Chicago with T-Bone Walker . The band was then compared to the orchestras of Jimmie Lunceford and Cab Calloway . Larkin refused to go to the recording studio because of the discriminatory low pay for African American musicians by the record labels.
From 1943 to 1946 Larkin was in the US Army, where he belonged to a military band under Sy Oliver and learned to play the valve trombone . After his military service he took up his "Chicken Blues" and directed other bands (including The X-Rays ) with whom he was on tour. His trumpet playing is also documented on Arnett Cobb's 1947 album Flower Garden Blues / Big League Blues . Since 1956 he lived in New York City , where he led the band of Harlem's Apollo Theater and often performed with his own septet in the Celebrity Club . Since 1977 he worked again in Houston as a band leader; he became honorary chairman of the Milt Larkin Jazz Society and head of the Get Involved Now organization , which was dedicated to promoting young jazz musicians.
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| SURNAME | Larkin, Milt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Larkin, Milton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Navasota , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1996 |
| Place of death | Houston , Texas |