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- Boyd Raeburn & his orchestra 1945-6 (STCD8313)
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Albert Boyd Raeburn (October 27, 1913 – August 2, 1966) was an American jazz bandleader and bass saxophonist. Boyd Raeburn was born in Faith, South Dakota, and became one of the greatest and least-known of jazz bandleaders during the 1940s. To modern ears his music sounds completely acceptable, not much more difficult to comprehend than the music of such better known leaders as Stan Kenton or Dizzy Gillespie, but without the support of a major record label or radio sponsor his band floundered f
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- South Dakota
- Place of death
- Lafayette
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Savoy Records
- Image
- Boyd Raeburn 1946 (Gottlieb).jpg
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- Boyd Raeburn
- date of birth
- 1913-10-27
- date of death
- 1966-08-02
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