Edmond Hall Musical artist

Edmond Hall (May 15, 1901 – February 11, 1967) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader.Over his long career Hall worked extensively with many top performers as both a sideman and bandleader, and is perhaps best known for the 1941 chamber jazz song "Profoundly Blue" which is regarded as a classic of pre-WWII jazz.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 15, 1901
Birth place
Reserve Louisiana , United States
Date of deathFebruary 11, 1967
Place of death
Boston

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Musical artist

associated musical artist
Louis Armstrong
Teddy Wilson
Claude Hopkins
Red Allen
Buddie Petit
Billy Hicks (musician)
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Dixieland
Swing music
instrument
Clarinet
Alto- and Baritone-Saxophone

Edmond Hall on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://digital.utsa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15125coll4/id/1379
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/music/muze/index.pl?site=radio2&action=biography&artist_id=12904&rand=