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Also known as Edwin Calvin Newborn

American guitarist (1933-2018)

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Vinony files it under 1933 births, 2018 deaths and 20th-century American guitarists.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1933
Active to
2018

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Listeners
1,187
Total plays
3,041

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Edwin Calvin Newborn (Whiteville, Tennessee, April 27, 1933 – December 1, 2018) was an American jazz guitarist. He was the brother of pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. (1931–1989), with whom he recorded between 1953 and 1958. They also formed an R&B band, with their father Phineas Newborn Sr. on drums and Tuff Green on bass. The group also included Willie Mitchell and Ben Branch. The group was the house band at the Plantation Inn Club in West Memphis, Arkansas, from 1947 until 1951. <a href="https:/

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Instance of
human
Given name
Calvin
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Whiteville
Place of death
Jacksonville
Genre
jazz
Instrument
guitar
Image
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date of birth
1933-04-27
date of death
2018-12-01
birth name
Edwin Calvin Newborn
start of work period
1953-00-00
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