Fred Beckett

Fred Beckett
Trombonist Fred Beckett is best known as a member of the Lionel Hampton Big Band prior to the Second World War. A subsequent tour of duty with the army turned out badly for Beckett, who contracted tuberculosis while enlisted and died a few years later. He began playing his horn as a high-school student and went professional after a move to Kansas City in the early '30s. In 1934 he began working with the superb Eddie Johnson's Crackerjacks, at that time based out of St. Louis. In the next few...
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Various Artists Big Band [Box Set]
Big Band [Box Set] (2000) - Various Artists
By: Various Artists
Credited Role:Trombone
Song List: Jump for Joy, Chelsea Bridge, Johnny Come Lately
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Harlan Leonard 1940
1940 (1940) - Harlan Leonard
By: Harlan Leonard
Credited Role:Trombone
Song List: Listen to Songs by Leonard, Harlan Rockin' With The Rockets, Hairy Joe Jump (Southern Field), ...
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