Ed Gerlach Collection 1920 to 1989

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Ed Gerlach Collection 1920 to 1989

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/houpub/00160/00160-P.html

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Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Libary

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SNAC Resource ID: 6639137

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Ford, James M., 1927-

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Born in Houston, Texas in 1927, jazz musician Jimmy Ford's career spanned over six decades. His first training as a child of 12 was under the direction of Cliff Dresher, who was a picolo play for the Houston Symphony Orchestra in the 1930s. Later Ford performed playing tenor saxophone with seminal greats such as the Milton Larkin, Maynard Ferguson, and Clark Terry, traversing mainly between New York and Houston. His musical style was influenced by Stan Getz and above all Charlie Parker. Ford act...

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Gerlach, Ed

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Ed Gerlach was born in Livingston, Texas in 1920 and began playing the piano at the age of five. An only child, Mr. Gerlach was raised by his grandparents and other extended family members who were extremely supportive of his musical interests. When his grandmother obtained a soprano saxophone for him, she begain learning alto saxophone so she could assist him. When Mr. Gerlack still at a young age, switched over to tenor saxophone, his grandmother had him driven to lessons in Houst...

Larkin, Milt, 1910-1996

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Milton Larkin (1910-1996) was born in Navasota, Texas. After his father's death, his mother brought him to Houston when he was six years old. Larkin started playing the trumpet when he was 16, and was mostly self-taught. He organized his own band in 1936, but he made his name in the early 1940s at Chicago's Rhumboogie Club. Members included Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Illinois Jacquet, Wild Bill Davis, and Arnett Cobb. Larkin took up the trombone while in the service during World War II. Following t...

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Cobb, Arnett, 1918-1989

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