Marshal Royal

Marshal Royal

Acting

Birthday

1912/05/12

Day of death

1995/05/09 (83 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Also know as

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Biography

Marshal Walton Royal Jr. (December 5, 1912 – May 8, 1995) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years. Marshal Royal Jr. was born into a musical family in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Royal's first professional gig was with Lawrence Brown's band at Danceland in Los Angeles, and he soon had a regular gig at the Apex, working for Curtis Mosby in Mosby's Blue Blowers, a 10-piece band. He then began an eigh...Read more

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