Russell Jacquet
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1922-10-31
- Active to
- 2004-07-22
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Russell Jacquet (December 4, 1917 - February 28, 1990) was an American trumpeter. Jacquet was born on December 4, 1917 in Saint Martinville, Louisiana. He was the elder brother of well-known tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, who he worked with through the years. Jacquet had stints with Floyd Ray and Milt Larkin before he began studying music at Wiley College and Texas Southern University. He moved west and played with his brother's band for a time, later forming his own group which became th
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Russell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Martinville
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- Wiley College
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Savoy Records
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- date of birth
- 1917-12-04
- date of death
- 1990-02-28
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