Person · Male
Sonny Cohn
- From
- Chicago, United States
- Active
- 1925–2006
- Releases
- 0
- jazz
About
George Thomas Cohn (March 14, 1925 – November 7, 2006), known professionally as Sonny Cohn, was an American jazz trumpeter whose career spanned over six decades. After working for fifteen years with Red Saunders (1945–1960), Cohn went on to spend another twenty-four years in Count Basie's trumpet section (1960–1984).
Member of
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The Count Basie Orchestra trumpet
Links
Also known as
George Thomas Cohn
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- ffe10ea3-ac4f-4633-812d-d9fb8d30c69b
- ISNI
- 0000000080019908
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