Eddie Bert obituary

American jazz trombonist and big-band sideman who played with Stan Kenton and Benny GoodmanThe American jazz trombonist Eddie Bert has died aged 90. A big-band sideman, Broadway show musician and studio player, Bert also excelled as a small-group jazz soloist. In a career packed with high-profile associations, he played with Stan Kenton and Benny Goodman, accompanied the singers Lena Horne and Bobby Short, and performed with Coleman Hawkins, Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk, among many others....

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