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George Masso Biography, Photos, Pictures

An excellent trombonist who records for Arbors, George Masso has had a long if somewhat underrated career Other than some early gigs (including a 1948 association with Jimmy Dorsey), Masso made his living from teaching in schools up until 1973

George Matthews Biography, Photos, Pictures

Since his father was a guitarist, George Matthews’s decision to take up trombone could be interpreted as a form of rebellion, depending upon one’s view on intonation

George Melly Biography, Photos, Pictures

The larger-than-life singer George Melly was the most beloved and notorious exponent of Britain’s postwar trad jazz renaissance A respected memoirist, art critic, and bon vivant, his appetites for sex and alcohol were the stuff of legend, and his sobriquet “the Oscar Wilde of English jazz” was richly earned

George Mgrdichian Biography, Photos, Pictures

George Mgrdichian was American jazz’s premier proponent of the oud, the pear-shaped lute most common in Middle Eastern folk music Born and raised in New York City, Mgrdichian was a largely self-taught musician who first took up the clarinet, joining a traditional Armenian band while in his teens

George Mitchell Biography, Photos, Pictures

Pianist George Mitchell performed in singer Diana Ross’ backup band through more than two decades, a period in which her set lists ranged from funky soul to classic jazz standards associated with Billie Holiday

George Mitchell was so significant for his playing on many of Jelly Roll Morton’s best recordings in the 1920s that it is surprising that he spent his last 40 years outside of music, living in obscurity

Not to be confused with the George Mitchell who puckered up to a cornet on Jelly Roll Morton’s classic recordings, the bassist of the same name hails from Montreal and has played in a rhythm section with brilliant drummer Cindy Blackman, among other settings

George Morrow Biography, Photos, Pictures

George Morrow will always be best known for being the bassist in the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet from 1954-56 A good swinging accompanist rather than a major soloist, Morrow never became too well-known

California-based music preservationist George Morrow has restored and remastered over 60 albums’ worth of early American recordings ranging from 1930s big bands to Hawaiian steel guitar

George Mraz has been a greatly in-demand bassist for straight-ahead dates ever since he emigrated to the United States in 1968 After a brief time playing violin and alto, Mraz studied bass at the Prague Conservatory and gigged at a club in Munich for a year

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