Joe Appleton (1900–1956) was a

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saxophonist and clarinetist from the

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. Appleton moved to

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in the 1920s, and he played in dance bands both there and on the Continent through the end of the decade. In 1934 he played in Leslie Thompson's Emperors of Jazz, and was leading his own band by 1937; he also worked with

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and

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in the second half of the decade. He appears on the

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release ''Muscat Ramble'', which was released on

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(an

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an label), and which became a highly sought-after collector's item. Appleton led his own bands in London into the 1950s.

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, Joe Appletonat

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Appleton, Joe 1900 births 1956 deaths British jazz saxophonists British male saxophonists 20th-century saxophonists 20th-century British male musicians British male jazz musicians Migrants from the British West Indies to the United Kingdom