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2 unusual facts about Darnell Howard


Darnell Howard

After 1962 Howard suffered a prolonged illness, and after recuperating he played with Elmer Snowden, Burt Bales, and his own groups.

Darnell Howard (July 25, 1895, Chicago – September 2, 1966, San Francisco) was an American jazz clarinetist and violinist.


Charlie Elgar

Aside from the above mentioned, his sidemen included Lorenzo Tio, Louis Cottrell, Jr., Barney Bigard, Ben Thigpen, Darnell Howard, and Omer Simeon.

Jimmy Wade

Eddie South played in this ensemble from 1924 to 1927; other noted sidemen were Punch Miller and Alex Hill, both of whom recorded with him in 1928, and Darnell Howard.

Kid Ory

In addition to Mutt Carey and Ed Garland, trumpeters Alvin Alcorn and Teddy Buckner; clarinetists Darnell Howard, Jimmie Noone, Albert Nicholas, Barney Bigard, and George Probert; pianists Buster Wilson, Cedric Haywood, and Don Ewell; and drummer Minor Hall were among his sidemen during this period.


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