Ed Cuffee
American jazz musician
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Edward Emerson Cuffee (June 7, 1902 – January 3, 1959) was an American jazz trombonist.
Born
June 7, 1902
Edward Emerson Cuffee
June 7, 1902
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 3, 1959 (aged 57)
New York City, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz
InstrumentsTrombone
Ed Cuffee | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edward Emerson Cuffee June 7, 1902 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 3, 1959 (aged 57) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | Trombone |
Career
Cuffee moved to New York in the 1920s, where he recorded with Clarence Williams (1927–29) and played with Bingie Madison. He played in McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1929–34) and in Fletcher Henderson's band (1935–38), then with Leon Abbey (1940 and subsequently), Count Basie (1941), Chris Columbus (1944), and Bunk Johnson (1947). Cuffee quit playing professionally after the late 1940s. Cuffee has sometimes been incorrectly referred to as Cuffee Davidson because of erroneous early sources.
References
- "Ed Cuffee". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Further reading
- John Chilton, Who's Who of Jazz.