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Baker was born in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [4] He joined a brass band and by the age of 17 and had already become a professional musician. After leaving his home town of Withernsea, in Yorkshire's East Riding, for London, he met and began performing with the already well-known jazz musician George Chisholm. [4]
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Alarmed by a tragic shooting in his hometown, a New Orleans musician gives hope to kids—for a song. The post This Musician Asks Kids to Trade Their Guns in for Trumpets to Help Combat Violence ...
For twenty years until 1991, Purvis performed as part of a musical comedy double-act with Kenny Baker, billed as the "Mini-Tones". Purvis played the trumpet to Baker's mouth-organ and vibraphone. [2] The duo would attend auditions for Star Wars in 1976, where Baker was instantly cast as R2-D2.
Before he became a star, Baker sang as a member of the Vitaphone chorus at Warner Bros. [2]At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 (succeeded by Dennis Day, whose tenor voice was very similar to Baker's), he appeared in 17 film musicals, including Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937), At the Circus (1939), and The Harvey Girls (1946).
After his father handed 5-year-old Ray Anthony a trumpet in their Cleveland home, he was hooked on the horn, eventually becoming a teenage disciple of Harry James, the jazz trumpet-playing actor ...
Former Colts linebacker Tony Walker Sr. at Big Walk Boxing, his gym on the northside of Indianapolis where he’s raising Tony Jr., a Golden Gloves champion and 2023 graduate of Pike, to be a pro ...