Les Elgart
Sign in to saveAmerican swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter (1917-1995)
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- 1918-08-03
- Died
- 1995-07-29
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Les Elgart (August 3, 1917, New Haven, Connecticut-July 29, 1995, Dallas, Texas) was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter. Lester E. (Les) Elgart began playing trumpet as a teenager, and by age 20 had landed professional gigs. In the 1940s he played in bands led by Raymond Scott, Charlie Spivak, and Harry James, and occasionally found himself in bands alongside brother Larry. Together they put together their own Les & Larry Elgart Ensemble in 1945, hiring Nelson Riddle, Ralph Flanaga
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Key dates
- Born
- 3 August 1918
- Died
- 29 July 1995
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Haven
- Place of death
- Dallas
- Occupation
- trumpeter
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Philips Records
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- Bandleader Les Elgart.jpg
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1917 births1995 deaths20th-century American male musicians20th-century American trumpetersAmerican jazz bandleadersAmerican jazz trumpetersAmerican male jazz musiciansAmerican male trumpetersJazz musicians from ConnecticutJazz musicians from TexasMusicians from DallasMusicians from New Haven, Connecticut