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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-09-12
- Active to
- 1981-02-23
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He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and his mother's maiden name was Sowalski. He played the clarinet and tenor sax in bands during college. By 1933 he led a band that played at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel. In 1936 he was booked at Chicago's Palmer House, and the concert was broadcast on radio. A contest was held in Chicago for fans to suggest a new name for his band. The word "rippling" was suggested in more than one entry, and Fields came up with "Rippling Rhythm". <a href="https://www.l
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Employer
- Bluebird Records
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- clarinet
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- Shep Fields 1957.JPG
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- Shep Fields
- date of birth
- 1910-09-12
- date of death
- 1981-02-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- place of burial
- Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Article · Nederlands
Shep Fields (Brooklyn, 12 september 1910 – Los Angeles, 23 februari 1981) was een Amerikaanse jazz-klarinettist en -saxofonist en bigbandleider uit het swing-tijdperk.
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