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Bobby Hackett

(1915–1976) Jazz Musician United States

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Bobby Hackett was a jazz musician from the United States.

Quick Facts About Bobby Hackett

Born
January 13, 1915
Died
June 7, 1976
Nationality
United States
Profession
Jazz Musician

About Bobby Hackett

Robert Leo Hackett was a versatile American jazz musician who played swing music, Dixieland jazz and mood music, now called easy listening, on trumpet, cornet, and guitar. He played Swing with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he played Dixieland from the 1930s into the 1970s in a variety of groups with many of the major figures in the field, and he was a featured soloist on the first ten of the numerous Jackie Gleason mood music albums during the 1950s.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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