Bebop
Introducing
Benny Bailey
Ernest Harold 'Benny' Bailey (Cleveland, 13 August 1925 - Amsterdam, 14 April 2005) studies piano and flute in 1937-'38 , and takes up the trumpet in high school. His early influences include Louis Jordan, Harry James, Charlie Spivak and fellow townsman Freddie Webster. He studies trumpet at the Cleveland Conservatory ...