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Wendell Culley
Wendell Philips Culley was an American jazz trumpeter and occasional multi instrumentalist. Growing up in Worcester, Culley played regularly at the AME Zion Church, in the Commerce High School band, and occasionally with Mamie Moffitt and Her Five Jazz Hounds. He also played in Boots Ward's Nite Hawks, and in working groups with his brother Ray, a drummer and singer. His older sister is actress, Zara Cully, best known for her role as Olivia 'Mother Jefferson' Jefferson on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. His sister Agnes Cully Brown was a fashion designer for opera singer Marian Anderson. In 1931, he moved to New York City, where he found early work playing with Horace Henderson and Cab Calloway. He then spent 11 years in the employ of Noble Sissle, recording with him extensively. Following this, he played French horn with Harry James and His Orchestra on a 1942 recording, then tenor saxophone on a 1943-1951 Dinah Washington recording, Lionel Hampton and then worked again briefly with Sissle before playing in the Count Basie Orchestra from 1951 to 1959. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he doubled on trombone with a Billy Eckstine recording. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Culley) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

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Swinging The Blues: April In Paris
Wendell Culley
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Splanky
Count Basie, Wendell Culley, & Snooky Young
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Swinging The Blues: Li'l Darlin'
Wendell Culley
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Swinging The Blues: Shiny Stockings
Wendell Culley
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Swinging The Blues: Corner Pocket
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Coleção 70 anos de música. Anos 50, Count Basie duet.

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"Darn That Dream" played by Wally Krauss

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Billy Eckstine - Lonesome Lover Blues

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The Count Basie Orchestra, directed by Frank Foster, Burghausen 1994 (4/5)

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Al Grey Octet - The Elder

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