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Don Fagerquist

Donald Alton Fagerquist was an American West Coast jazz trumpeter born on February 6, 1927, in Worcester, Massachusetts. A featured soloist with major ensembles, Fagerquist performed with the bands of Mal Hallett (1943), Gene Krupa (1944–1950), Artie Shaw (1949–1950), and Woody Herman (1951–1952). Between 1953 and 1959, he was a member of the Dave Pell Octet. In 1956, Fagerquist became a staff musician for Paramount Films while continuing to record with artists such as Shelly Manne and Art Pepper. He contributed to several albums in Ella Fitzgerald's Songbook series, including El...