Sy Oliver
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American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader (1910–1988)
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Melvin "Sy" Oliver (born December 17, 1910 in Battle Creek, Michigan — died May 28, 1988 in New York City) was a jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader. His mother was a piano teacher and his father was a multi-instrumentalist who made a name for himself demonstrating saxophones at a time that instrument was little used outside of marching bands. Oliver left home at 17 to play with Zack White and his Chocolate Beau Brummels and later with Alphonse Trent. <a href="https://www.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Battle Creek
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Bell Records
- Image
- Sy Oliver (1946).jpg
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- birth name
- Melvin James Oliver
- Commons category
- Sy Oliver
- date of death
- 1988-05-28
- date of birth
- 1910-12-17
- Commons Creator page
- Sy Oliver
- pseudonym
- Sy
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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