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    A technically skilled trumpeter with an appealing tone, Jimmy Maxwell was a valuable player both in swing settings and in the studios. Maxwell began playing cornet early; one of his teachers in the 1930s was Herbert L. Clarke, with whom he studied for two years. He was a professional from the time he was 15, playing with Gil Evans from 1933-34. Maxwell's early experiences included associations ...more


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