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Wendell Eugene (October 12, 1923 - November 7, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a popular musician on the New Orleans jazz scene and recorded with artists such as Lionel Ferbos, Harold Dejan, and Kermit Ruffins. He was for a time the oldest active jazz musician in New Orleans. Wendell Albert Eugene was born to Homer and Apha Eugene on October 12, 1923, and is the youngest of five brothers. He grew up in a family of musicians including his brother Homer Eugene, his cousin Clement T
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trombone
- Image
- Wendell Eugene Profile.png
- Work location
- New Orleans
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- date of birth
- 1923-10-12
- date of death
- 2017-11-07
- Commons category
- Wendell Eugene
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- manner of death
- natural causes
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