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I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops.

Doc Severinsen

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Doc Severinsen
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: July 7
Bandleader
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Gilliam County
Oregon
Carl Hilding Severinsen
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