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- 1902
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Roy Porter accomplished so much in such a short period of time that it is surprising how brief his jazz career actually was. He picked up early experience touring with Milt Larkin in 1943, had a stint in the military and then settled in Los Angeles. Porter worked with Teddy Bunn in 1944, gigged frequently with Howard McGhee (with whom he made his first recordings in 1945) and in 1946 was on a Charlie Parker Dial recording session that resulted in the original versions of "Moose The Mooche," "Yar
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Family name
- Porter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Colorado
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Wiley College
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
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- date of birth
- 1923-07-30
- date of death
- 1998-01-25
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