Woody Herman
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- 100%Harry James
- 78%Stan Kenton
- 72%Jack Teagarden
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- 65%Jimmy Dorsey
- 65%Roy Eldridge
- 57%Artie Shaw
- 50%Lester Young
- 48%Gene Krupa
- 47%Benny Goodman
Biography
Woodrow Charles Herman, 16 May 1913, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, d. 29 October 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA. A child prodigy, Herman sang and tap-danced in local clubs before touring as a singer in vaudeville. To improve his act he took up the saxophone and later the clarinet, all by the age of 12. By his mid-teens he was sufficiently accomplished to play in a band, and he went on to work in a string of dance bands during the late 20s and early 30s. Last in this line was Isham Jones,... Read more
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jazz
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saxophone
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