Ward Pinkett

Ward Pinkett

Musician · US · 1906–1937

jazz

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US

Born

1906-04-29

Died

1937-03-15

Instruments

trumpet

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ISNI

0000000031609776

Description

American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist (1906–1937)

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William Ward Pinkett, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist during the Harlem Renaissance. A respected sideman recognized as a "hot" trumpet and with a versatile ear, he played and recorded with some of the greatest jazzmen of the era, including King Oliver, Jimmy Johnson, Chick Webb and Jelly Roll Morton. His career was cut short by alcoholism.

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