Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter (1917–1988)
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- 1917-12-18
- Died
- 1988-07-02
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December 18, 1917 - July 2, 1988 American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist and blues shouter. After working in the Milton Larkins and Cootie Williams orchestras, he established his own big band in 1945. In 1947 he had a major rhythm and blues hit with "Old Maid Boogie/Kidney Stew Blues". Vinson recorded both jazz and rhythm and blues. He wrote "Tune Up" and "Four" for Miles Davis, as well as the classic blues numbers "Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red," "Person to Person," and "They
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1917 births1988 deaths20th-century American male singers20th-century American saxophonists20th-century American singersAmerican blues singersAmerican jazz alto saxophonistsAmerican male jazz musiciansAmerican male saxophonistsAmerican rhythm and blues musiciansBebop saxophonistsBlack & Blue Records artists