Winfred Nettleton "Munn" Ware was an American jazz trombonist. After having learned to play piano and banjo as a child, he took up the cornet while at

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in Brunswick, Maine, first playing it professionally in Massachusetts before taking up the trombone around 1940. From 1942 to 1946 he played that instrument in an army band.Kernfeld, Barry
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''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 December 2022. In 1946, Ware was in New York playing in bands led by

Tony Parenti Anthony Parenti (August 6, 1900 – April 17, 1972) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. After starting his musical career in New Orleans, he had a successful career in music in New York ...

Wild Bill Davison William Edward Davison (January 5, 1906 – November 14, 1989), nicknamed "Wild Bill", was an American jazz cornetist. He emerged in the 1920s through his work playing alongside Muggsy Spanier and Frank Teschemacher in a cover band where they ...

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Danny Alvin Danny Alvin (November 29, 1902 in New York City – December 6, 1958 in Chicago) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Alvin was the father of guitarist Teddy Walters. He played with Sophie Tucker at the New York club Reisenweber's in 19 ...

. From June 1947 he worked regularly at the Jazz Ltd. club in Chicago as a member of the house band led by club's co-owner, Bill Reinhardt. At around this time, Ware recorded with

Sidney Bechet Sidney Joseph Bechet ( ; May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important Solo (music), soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Ar ...

Muggsy Spanier Francis Joseph "Muggsy" Spanier (November 9, 1901 – February 12, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist based in Chicago. He was a member of the Bucktown Five, pioneers of the "Chicago style" that straddled traditional Dixieland jazz and swi ...

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Doc Evans Paul Wesley "Doc" Evans (June 20, 1907 – January 10, 1977) was an American jazz cornetist. Evans was born in Spring Valley, Minnesota. the son of a Methodist minister. He learned piano and drums as a child, and played saxophone in high school. ...

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