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- Rambling 'Round Radio Row #2 — Self (uncredited)1932
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1893-01-03
- Active to
- 1940-02-18
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Rudolph "Rudy" Cornelius Wiedoeft (January 3, 1893 - February 18, 1940) was a U.S. saxophonist. Born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of German immigrants, at a young age Wiedoeft started playing with his family orchestra, first on violin, then on clarinet. He moved to New York City and switched to saxophone, then still an unusual instrument. He became known as a virtuoso saxophonist in the 1910s, made more than 300 recordings for many different record labels, and did much to popularize the saxopho
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Flushing
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Vocalion Records
- Image
- RudyWiedoeftSax.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1893-01-03
- date of death
- 1940-02-18
- cause of death
- liver cirrhosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Rudy Wiedoeft
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