ArtistInfo

Johnny Letman

tr, voc, 1917-1992 US, South Carolina
Musician of Jazz

Johnny Letman (September 6, 1917 – July 17, 1992) was an American jazz trumpeter.Letman played early in his career in various Midwest bands, including those of Gerald Valentine, Scat Man Crothers, and Jimmy Raschelle. Moving to Chicago in the middle of the 1930s, he worked with Delbert Bright, Bob Tinsley, Johnny Lang, Nat King Cole (1938), Horace Henderson (1941–42), and Red Saunders (1942). He spent a year or so in Detroit, playing with Teddy Buckner and John Kirby, then moved to New York City in 1944. His credits there include Phil Moore, Lucky Millinder (1945), Cab Calloway (1947–49), Milt Buckner, and Count Basie (1951).

Instruments

• Trumpet
• Vocals

Genres

• Jazz
• Blues
• Pop

Plays With