Mel Wanzo

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Mel Wanzo

tb, 1930-2005 US
Musician of Jazz

American jazz trombonist. Born : November 22, 1930 in Cleveland, Ohio. Died : September 09, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan. Mel spent over 40 years on the road playing and recording with many of history's greatest jazz artists, including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan. He is most widely known as the longtime lead trombonist for the world famous Count Basie Orchestra (1969-96).

Instruments

Trombone
Vocals

Genres

Jazz
Pop
Blues

Plays With

Count Basie Big Band

Count Basie Orchestra

Woody Herman And His Orchestra

Woody Herman And The Swingin' Herd

Woody Herman And The Thundering Herd

Los Angeles City College Jazz Band

Masters Of Music Trombones

Band Members

External Links

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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