Kenny Baker
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There are two artists named Kenny Baker. 1. Kenny Baker (born June 26, 1926 in Jenkins, KY) is an American fiddle player best known for having the longest tenure of any of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. Baker's jazz-inflected style has been a huge influence on subsequent bluegrass fiddlers. 2. Kenny Baker was born on 1 March 1921 in Withernsea,[1] East Riding of Yorkshire and died 7 December 1999. He was an accomplished jazz trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn player and composer. <a href="https://www.
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Withernsea
- Place of death
- West Sussex
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Military branch
- Royal Air Force
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- date of birth
- 1921-03-01
- date of death
- 1999-12-07
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
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