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Shelton Hemphill

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Gender Male
Death64 years ago
Date of birth March 16,1906
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born Birmingham
Alabama
United States
Date of died January 6,1960
DiedNew York
New York
United States
AlbumsThe Very Best of Louis Armstrong
Music groups Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Job Musician
jazz musician
Education Wilberforce University FCU
Groups Mills Blue Rhythm Band
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Shelton Hemphill Life story


Shelton "Scad" Hemphill was an American jazz trumpeter whose career lasted from the mid 1920s through the late 1950s. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Hemphill was still in his teens when he played in the band of Fred Longshaw, which accompanied Bessie Smith on recordings in 1924–25.

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