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Phil Napoleon
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Trumpeters · 1901–1990

Phil Napoleon

American jazz musician (1901–1990)

Born
2 September 1901
Boston
Died
1 October 1990
North Miami
Country
United States

Biography

Phil Napoleon was a jazz musician who played trumpet. Phil Napoleon was born on 2 September 1901 in Boston and died on 1 October 1990 in North Miami. The music is usually filed under jazz.

Phil Napoleon (born Filippo Napoli; September 2, 1901 – October 1, 1990) was an early jazz trumpeter and bandleader born in Boston, Massachusetts. Ron Wynn observed that Napoleon "was a competent, though unimaginative trumpeter whose greatest value was the many recording sessions he led that helped increase jazz's popularity in the mid-1920s." Richard Cook and Brian Morton, writing for The Penguin Guide to Jazz, refer to Napoleon as "a genuine pioneer" whose playing was "profoundly influential on men such as Red Nichols and Bix Beiderbecke." Napoleon began with classical training, and was performing publicly by age five. In the 1910s, he was one of the first musicians in the northeastern United States to embrace the new "jass" style brought to that part of the country by musicians from New Orleans, Louisiana. With pianist Frank Signorelli he formed the group "The Original Memphis Five" in 1917.

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Historic 78 rpm records

  • PIANO SOLOS PLAYED BY FRANK SIGNORELLI Joe Davis · Neil Marshall · FRANK SIGNORELLI AND HIS QUINTET · Don… archive.org ↗
  • Memphis 5 Favorites Art Gentry · Chauncey Morehouse · Bert Frohman · Haig Stephenson ·… archive.org ↗
  • AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL Emperors Of Jazz · Phil Napoleon · Lou McGarrity · Joe Dixon · Frank… archive.org ↗
  • CLARINET MARMALADE EMPERORS OF JAZZ · Phil Napoleon · Lou McGarrity · Joe Dixon · Frank… archive.org ↗
  • NOBODY'S SWEETHEART EMPERORS OF JAZZ · Phil Napoleon · Lou McGarrity · Peanuts Hucko ·… archive.org ↗
  • FIDGETY FEET EMPERORS OF JAZZ · Phil Napoleon · Lou McGarrity · Peanuts Hucko ·… archive.org ↗
  • AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL THE NAPOLEON EMPERORS · Phil Napoleon · Lou McGarity · Joe Dixon ·… archive.org ↗
  • AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL EMPERORS OF JAZZ · Phil Napoleon · Lou McGarrity · Joe Dixon · Frank… archive.org ↗

Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Phil Napoleon play?

Phil Napoleon is known for playing trumpet.

When and where was Phil Napoleon born?

Phil Napoleon was born 2 September 1901 in Boston.

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