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Walt Levinsky, the Glossary

Walt Levinsky (April 18, 1929 – December 14, 1999) was an American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger, and bandleader.^[1]

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Deaths from brain cancer in Florida
Swing clarinetists

Arbors Records

Arbors Records is a record company and independent record label in Clearwater, Florida.

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Art Farmer

Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player.

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Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Walt Levinsky and Artie Shaw are American jazz clarinetists, big band bandleaders, jazz musicians from New York (state) and swing clarinetists.

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Benny Goodman

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". Walt Levinsky and Benny Goodman are American jazz clarinetists, big band bandleaders, jazz musicians from New York (state) and swing clarinetists.

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Big band

A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.

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Buddy DeFranco

Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist. Walt Levinsky and Buddy DeFranco are American jazz clarinetists and Arbors Records artists.

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Cal Tjader

Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. (July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician.

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.

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Cootie Williams

Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter. Walt Levinsky and Cootie Williams are big band bandleaders.

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CTI Records

CTI Records (Creed Taylor Incorporated) is a jazz record label founded in 1967 by Creed Taylor.

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Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass

Danny Davis (May 29, 1925 – June 12, 2008) was an American country music band leader, trumpet player, vocalist and producer, best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass.

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Doc Severinsen

Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Walt Levinsky and Doc Severinsen are big band bandleaders and the Tonight Show Band members.

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Don Sebesky

Donald John Sebesky (December 10, 1937 – April 29, 2023) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz trombonist.

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Family Feud

Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.

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Gerry Mulligan

Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Walt Levinsky and Gerry Mulligan are big band bandleaders.

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Giant Box

Giant Box is a double album by American arranger/conductor and composer Don Sebesky recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.

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Henri René

Henri René (born Harold Manfred Kirchstein; December 29, 1906 – April 25, 1993), was an American musician who had an international career in the recording industry as a producer, composer, conductor and arranger.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Lebanon Valley College

Lebanon Valley College (LVC, Lebanon Valley, or The Valley) is a private university in Annville, Pennsylvania.

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Lena Horne

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Walt Levinsky and Lena Horne are jazz musicians from New York (state).

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Les Elgart

Lester Elliott Elgart (August 3, 1917 – July 29, 1995) was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter.

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Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra

Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer featuring performances recorded in 1962 and originally released on the Mercury label.

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Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Nina & Frederik

Nina & Frederik were a Danish–Dutch popular singing duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Nina van Pallandt

Nina, Baroness van Pallandt (born Nina Magdelena Møller; 15 July 1932) is a Danish retired singer and actress.

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Paterson, New Jersey

Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Porgy & Bess Revisited

Porgy & Bess Revisited, subtitled Played by a Very Unusual Cast, is an album of jazz interpretations of songs from the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess performed by cornetist Rex Stewart and trumpeter Cootie Williams, with saxophonists Hilton Jefferson and Pinky Williams and trombonist Lawrence Brown, that was recorded in late 1958 and released on the Warner Bros.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. Walt Levinsky and Quincy Jones are big band bandleaders.

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Quincy Plays for Pussycats

Quincy Plays for Pussycats is an album by Quincy Jones featuring sessions recorded between 1959 and 1965 which was released on the Mercury label.

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RCA Records

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Rex Stewart

Rex William Stewart Jr. (February 22, 1907 – September 7, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra.

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Richard Harris

Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer.

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Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist.

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Sarasota, Florida

Sarasota is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States.

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Sauter-Finegan Orchestra

The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was an American swing jazz band popular in the 1950s.

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Score Productions

Score Productions is an American musical production company specializing in background music and themes for television shows.

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Several Shades of Jade

Several Shades of Jade is a 1963 album by Cal Tjader arranged by Lalo Schifrin.

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Stan Getz

Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski, February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist.

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The Price Is Right

The Price Is Right is an American television game show where contestants compete by guessing the prices of merchandise to win cash and prizes.

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The Rape of El Morro

The Rape of El Morro is an album by American arranger/conductor and composer Don Sebesky featuring performances recorded in 1975 and released on the CTI label.

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The Tonight Show Band

The Tonight Show Band refers to the house band on the American television variety show The Tonight Show, which has created an important showcase for jazz on American television. Walt Levinsky and the Tonight Show Band are the Tonight Show Band members.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Levinsky

Walt Levinsky, the Glossary

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Deaths from brain cancer in Florida

Swing clarinetists

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