Louis Metcalf
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Louis Metcalf (February 28, 1905 - October 27, 1981) was a jazz cornetist and trumpeter. He played for a short time with Duke Ellington for which he is best remembered. Metcalf was born in Webster Groves, Missouri. As a youth he first trained on the drums but switched over to cornet permanently. As a teenager in St. Louis, Missouri he played with Charlie Creath. Metcalf moved to New York City in 1923 and participated in the fertile jazz scene there <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Louis+Metcal
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Webster Groves
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- composer
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
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- date of birth
- 1905-02-28
- date of death
- 1981-10-27
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