Trumbauer, Frank

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Name (Latin)
Trumbauer, Frank
Other forms of name
Gray, Russell, 1901-1956
Tram, 1901-1956
Trombar, Frank
Trumbauer, Frank, 1901-1956
Trumbauer, Frankie
Date of birth
1901-05-30
Date of death
1956-06-11
Place of birth
Carbondale (Ill.)
Place of death
Kansas City (Mo.)
Field of activity
Jazz
Occupation
Jazz musicians
Saxophonists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 14959794
Wikidata: Q491416
Library of congress: n 84022127
Sources of Information
  • Beiderbecke, B. The golden age of Bix Beiderbecke [SR] p1983:container (Frank Trumbauer and his orchestra)
  • Beiderbecke, B. Bix and Tram [SR] 1969?:label (Tram) container (Frankie Trumbauer, known as Tram)
  • New Grove dict. of jazz(Trumbauer, Frankie (Frank; Trombar, Frank; Tram); b. May 30, 1901, Carbondale, IL, d. June 11, 1956, Kansas City, MO; alto and C-melody saxophonist)
  • Beiderbecke, B. The complete OKeh and Brunswick Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer and Jack Teagarden sessions (1924-36) [SR] p2001:booklet, p. 31 ("The pseudonym 'Russell Gray' (used here for Trumbauer) was actually a trombonist who OKeh's recording supervisor Tommy Rockwell had known years before [i.e before 1927] while he was a drummer back in Minnesota")
  • Columbia basic library of classic jazz [SR] 1957:label (Frankie Trumbauer's Orchestra)