Melvin Moore (2)

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American jazz trumpet player, violinist and vocalist. Born June 15, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. Died February, 1989.

Moore played with the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra from 1942-1945, Lucky Millinder in 1947, briefly with Duke Ellington in 1948, 1950.

After playing with rhythm and blues bands on the West Coast, Moore performed with Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1964. Later he recorded with Gil Fuller and Gerald Wilson.