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Jimmy (James Douglas) Davidson, "Trump" after ca 1936. Cornetist, singer, arranger, b Sudbury, Ont, 26 Nov 1908, d there 2 May 1978. A pioneer and promoter of jazz in Canada, he played trumpet at age 12 with the Canadian Legion Band in Sudbury and formed the Melody Five, one of the earliest jazz-styled groups in Canada (1925). Moving to Toronto, he worked 1929-36 with Luigi Romanelli (first as a singer, then as a cornet soloist and arranger, and occasionally as a baritone saxophonist) and briefly in 1935 with Rex Battle's dance band.
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Murray Ginsberg: trombone
Harvey Silver: piano
Jack Wachter: clarinet
Sam Levine (father of Mike Levine of Triumph): double-bass
Reef McGarvey: drums
Produced and engineered by Art Snider
Recorded at Newberry Sound Studio, Toronto, Ontario
Photo cover by Robert C. Ragsdale, assisted by Margaret Epp
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