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Big Band

1

Tab Smith

During the 1930s and 1940s, Tab Smith was an in-demand jazz saxophonist, performing with the Count Basie and Lucky Millinder bands and recording with a number of bands and soloists, including Coleman Hawkins.

2

Les Brown

Les Brown, Sr. was born March 14, 1912 in Tower City, Pennsylvania. He began playing sax at an early age and made his professional debut in a band at age nine. At age 14 he formed his own orchestra.

3

Kay Kyser

Which big-time bandleader and North Carolina native broke all sorts of attendance records, appeared in nearly a dozen movies, and became the top moneymaker in his field, all without learning to play a musical instrument?