Joe Nanton
American musician
Also known as: Tricky Sam Nanton
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association with Ellington
- In Duke Ellington: Ellington’s ensemble
…sonorities of the distinctive trombonist Joe (“Tricky Sam”) Nanton (who played muted “growl” sounds) all influenced Ellington’s early “jungle style,” as seen in such masterpieces as “East St. Louis Toodle-oo” (1926) and “Black and Tan Fantasy” (1927).
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