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Also known as James Wesley Miley, James "Bubber" Miley

trombettista statunitense

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1903-04-03
Active to
1932-05-20
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James Wesley "Bubber" Miley (April 3, 1903 – May 20, 1932) was an early jazz trumpeter and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute. Miley was born in Aiken, South Carolina into a musical family. At the age of six he and his family moved to New York City where, as a child, he occasionally sung for money on the streets, and later, at the age of fourteen studied to play the trombone and cornet. In 1920, after having served in the navy for eighteen months <a href="https://www.las

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Aiken
Place of death
New York City
Genre
jazz
Instrument
trumpet
Image
James"Bubber"Miley.jpg
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cause of death
tuberculosis
date of birth
1903-04-03
date of death
1932-05-20
medical condition
tuberculosis
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
James Wesley Miley
pseudonym
Bubber Miley
ethnic group
African Americans
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Bubber Miley, James Wesley Miley (Aiken, 3 aprile 1903 – New York, 20 maggio 1932), è stato un trombettista jazz statunitense, noto soprattutto per la sua militanza nell'orchestra di Duke Ellington quando era ai suoi inizi e per la sua abilità nell'uso della sordina "plunger".

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