Red Norvo, and Benny Morton. Appearing on Tv-show 'The World of John Hammond', Chicago, 1975

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Red Norvo, and Benny Morton. Appearing on Tv-show "The World of John Hammond" in Chicago, 1975.

Red Norvo (by name Kenneth Norville) was an American jazz musician, one of jazz´s early vibraphonist, known as “Mr. Swing “. He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. Red Norvo was born in Beardstown, Illinois, United States. His career began in Chicago with a band called "The Collegians" in 1925. He played with many other bands, including an all-marimba band on the vaudeville circuit, and the bands of Paul Whiteman.

b. March 31, 1908 in Beardstown Illinois.
d. April 6, 1999 in Santa Monica, California.

Benny Morton was an American jazz trombonist, most associated with swing genre. One of his first jobs was working with Clarence Holiday, and he appeared with Clarence's daughter Billie Holiday towards the end of her life on The Sound of Jazz. Morton was a member of pianist Teddy Wilson's Sextet throughout the early 1940s.

b. January 31, 1907 in New York.
d. December 28, 1985 in New York.

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