Sterling Bose
Sterling Belmont "Bozo" Bose (September 23, 1906, born in Florence, Alabama[1] – July 23, 1958)[1][2] was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist who also marked a twice occurrence of double instrumentation, with a 1935-1938 Glenn Miller trumpet-violin and then a trombone with a 1937-1947 various album.[3] His style was heavily influenced by Bix Beiderbecke and changed little over the course of his life.
Bose's early experience came with
Ray Noble (1936), Benny Goodman (1936), Lana Webster, Glenn Miller (1937), Bob Crosby (1937–39), Bobby Hackett (1939), Bob Zurke, Jack Teagarden, Bud Freeman (1942), George Brunies, Bobby Sherwood (1943), Miff Mole, Art Hodes, Horace Heidt (1944), and Tiny Hill (1946).[1] Following this he did some further freelancing in Chicago and New York, and then moved to Florida
in 1948, setting up his own bands there.
Bose suffered from an extended period of illness in the 1950s, and eventually committed suicide in July 1958 in St. Petersburg, Florida.[2][4]
References
- Footnotes
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ a b Hal Smith; Jeff Barnhart; Colin Hancock (31 July 2021). "Sterling Bose: Forgotten Hot Jazz Cornetist". Syncopatedtimes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ "Jazz Musician Sterling Bose Found Shot". Tampa Bay Times. June 12, 1958 – via newspapers.com.
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