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American jazz clarinetist (1901–1967)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1901-05-15
Active to
1967-02-11
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Edmond Hall (15 May 1901, Reserve, Louisiana – 11 February 1967, Boston) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. His father Edward Blainey Hall and mother Caroline Duhe had eight children, Priscilla (1893), Moretta (1895), Viola (1897), Robert (1899), Edmond (1901), Clarence (1903), Edward (1905) and Herbert (Herb, 1907). It took Edmond Hall a long period to develop his own musical individuality, but by the early '40s he had a very distinctive and dirty sound on the clarinet that was i

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Edmund
Family name
Hall
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New Orleans
Place of death
Cambridge
Occupation
jazz musician
Genre
jazz
Instrument
clarinet
Record label
Blue Note
Image
Edmond Hall.jpg
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ethnic group
African Americans
Commons category
Edmond Hall
date of birth
1901-05-15
date of death
1967-02-11
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