Andy Blakeney (June 10, 1898,

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– February 12, 1992,

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) was an American

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trumpeter. He was a fixture of the

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jazz scene for decades. Blakeney played briefly for

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and

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in 1925. He moved to

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in 1926, where he played with

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and

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, including on records. He worked in

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in the 1930s with

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and

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, then played in

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's band in

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in 1935–39 and led his own band for a time thereafter. In 1941 he returned to the continental United States, playing with Ceele Burke (1942–46),

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(1946), and

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(1947). He led his own Dixieland outfits in California through the 1950s, but didn't record with any of them. In the 1960s Blakeney played with the Young Men of New Orleans, in the 1970s with the Legends of Jazz, and in the 1980s with the

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. He was still active almost up until the time of his death in 1992.

References

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