Taswell Baird

Taswell Joseph Baird Jr. (born June 24, 1922 in St. Louis , Missouri , † November 22, 2002 in Oakland ) was an American jazz trombonist .

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Baird played in the early 1940s with the Jay McShann Orchestra, Andy Kirk and His Clouds Of Joy and from 1944 with Louis Armstrong , Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra and the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band , with which he performed at Carnegie Hall in 1947 . In the field of jazz he was involved in 33 recording sessions between 1941 and 1947. For most of his 50-year career, he has toured with Dizzy Gillespie and Lena Horne . He moved to Oakland in the late 1970s . He died in 2002 of injuries resulting from a robbery.

personal data
SURNAME	Baird, Taswell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Baird, Taswell Joseph Junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz trombonist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Louis
DATE OF DEATH	November 22, 2002
Place of death	Oakland