Garvin Bushell
| Garvin Bushell | |
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 Garvin Bushell (standing, second from right) with Sam Wooding and his Orchestra, 1925. |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1902 Springfield, Ohio, US |
| Died | 1991 (aged 88–89) |
| Genres | Jazz, classical |
| Occupations | Musician, educator |
| Instruments | Woodwind instruments |
Garvin Bushell (1902 – 1991) was an American woodwind multi-instrumentalist.
Though never a major name in jazz, Bushell had a lengthy career from the music's early era, to the avant garde of the 1960s.
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Bushell was born in Springfield, Ohio. He played both jazz and classical music on clarinet, alto clarinet, oboe, english horn, flute, saxophone, bassoon, and contrabassoon.
He was best known as a jazz sideman with people such as Perry Bradford, and performed and/or recorded with many of jazz's great names, such as Fletcher Henderson, Bunk Johnson, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Eric Dolphy, Gil Evans, and John Coltrane.
He eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a music teacher. He was married to Louise Bushell until his death in 1991, and had two sons with her.
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- 1902 births
- 1991 deaths
- People from Springfield, Ohio
- Musicians from Ohio
- African American musicians
- American jazz clarinetists
- American classical clarinetists
- American jazz bassoonists
- American classical bassoonists
- American jazz saxophonists
- American classical saxophonists
- American jazz oboists
- American classical oboists
- Cor anglais players
