Freddie Jenkins
American, 1906 - 1978
Names
- Freddie Jenkins
BiographyFreddie Jenkins was born on October 10, 1906 in New York City. He was an American Jazz trumpeter. He played in the Jenkins Orphanage Band when young, and attended Wilberforce University. Following graduation, Jenkins took a position in Duke Ellington's Orchestra in 1928. After graduating, Jenkins took a position in Duke Ellington's Orchestra in 1928. He remained with the Ellington Orchestra until 1935, when lung problems forced him to quit. After his recovery, Jenkins formed his own band but then returned with Duke Ellington in 1937-1938. After 1938, his lung ailment returned and he retired from performance. In later years, he worked in songwriting, disc jockeying, and in the music press, and became a deputy sheriff in Fort Worth, Texas. Jenkins died in Texas on July 12, 1978.
Source: Yanow, Scott. Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic, 2001.
Source: Yanow, Scott. Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic, 2001.
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