Roy Campbell
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South African poet (1901–1957)
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Roy Campbell, Jr. (1952-2014) was versatile trumpeter frequently linked to free jazz, though he has also performed rhythm and blues, bebop and funk at times during his career. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1952. Campbell was raised in New York. At age fifteen Campbell began learning to play trumpet and soon studied at the Jazz Mobile program along with Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan and Joe Newman. Throughout the 1960s, still unacquainted with the avant-garde movement, Campbell performed in the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Family name
- Campbell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Durban
- Place of death
- Setúbal
- Occupation
- hispanist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Roy & Mary Campbell (left), Jacob Kramer & Dolores.jpg
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- cause of death
- traffic collision
- date of birth
- 1901-10-02
- date of death
- 1957-04-23
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Roy Campbell (writer)
- P12749
- Zog I of Albania
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