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before forming his own band. From 1953 to 1960, he won the
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he added vibraphone to his instruments. He recorded with
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Eddie Costa, Mat
Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport
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Eddie Costa, Mat
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The Voice of Marty Bell – The
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The Voice of Marty Bell - The
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395:Don Elliott at the Modern Jazz Room
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972:"Don Elliott | Credits | AllMusic"
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606:Connee Boswell Sings Irving Berlin
16:American jazz musician (1926–1984)
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1189:Deaths from cancer in Connecticut
419:Music for the Sensational Sixties
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42:Elliott in a 1958 advertisement
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715:In the Heat of the Night OST
682:The Many Faces of Art Farmer
21:Don Elliott (disambiguation)
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577:My Fair Lady Loves Jazz
310:The Don Elliott Quintet
197:productions, including
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48:Background information
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764:Verve Jazz Masters 57
672:The Boss of the Blues
543:Featuring Don Elliott
514:The Swingin' Miss "D"
350:Double Trumpet Doings
218:The Only Game in Town
1184:Cool jazz trumpeters
879:"Down Beat Magazine"
596:Sing Me a Swing Song
504:Songs by Sylvia Syms
193:. He scored several
187:multitrack recording
19:For other uses, see
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1139:1984 deaths
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1087:Live albums
1024:Don Elliott
852:Wynn, Ron.
758:Dave Grusin
600:Bobby Short
586:Hi-Fi Suite
571:Terry Gibbs
508:Sylvia Syms
415:(ABC, 1957)
397:(ABC, 1956)
289:Discography
265:The Getaway
262:(1972) and
166:Terry Gibbs
144:trumpeter,
138:Don Elliott
131:Don Elliott
118:Instruments
58:Don Helfman
30:Don Elliott
1128:Categories
942:Ira Gitler
923:2008-05-10
889:2007-02-12
787:References
780:Bill Evans
738:Paul Simon
693:Golden Boy
686:Art Farmer
662:Like Tweet
656:Bill Evans
630:Luiz Bonfá
561:Ruby Braff
475:As sideman
364:Cal Tjader
356:Vibrations
320:Mellophone
314:RCA Victor
170:Buddy Rich
150:mellophone
110:Occupation
76:Somerville
69:1926-10-21
54:Birth name
981:27 August
863:27 August
837:27 August
811:27 August
483:Skin Deep
342:Riverside
324:Bethlehem
274:starring
976:AllMusic
898:Archived
858:AllMusic
666:Joe Puma
498:Joe Puma
462:Columbia
304:Vanguard
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250:(1967),
244:(1966),
238:(1962),
195:Broadway
175:DownBeat
113:Musician
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156:Career
100:Genres
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