Arthur Crawford Wethington (January 26, 1904 – September 11, 1994) was an American

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saxophonist. He was born in

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and died in White Plains, New York. A graduate of the

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, Wethington worked under pianist Lottie Hightower in the mid-1920s before taking a position in

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's band in 1928; in 1929 this ensemble played with

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, "Crawford Wethington". '' Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 1st ed, p. 1281. Between 1930 and 1936 he played with the

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, recording several times with the group. He recorded with

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in 1937 and also worked with

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, and

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. Crawford Wethingtonat

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After 1937 he quit performing full-time but was active as a music teacher, and in the 1960s he took work in

as a supervisor for a transit line power plant.

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