Louis Metcalf

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Louis Metcalf (February 28, 1905 - October 27, 1981) was a jazz cornetist. He played for a short time with Duke Ellington for which he is best remembered.

Metcalf was born in Webster Groves, Missouri. As a youth he first trained on the drums but switched over to cornet permanently. As a teenager in St. Louis, Missouri he played with Charlie Creath.

In 1926 Duke Ellington hired him for his orchestra. Metcalf died in New York City in 1981.


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