Jazz quiz

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Yes teddy - "The Yorkshire Jazz Band"

Carry on

[teddy]

Famous player and band laeader nickname " The Gate"

teddy

[hardbop grandpop]

hi teddy, i should know this, but i dont. all i can do is guess,so my guess is gato barbieri. this could be the toughest question yet. i really like this thread and hope it never ends. gord

[Dorsetmike]

Pass. (as in dunno)

[teddy]

Clue

Had a brother nicknamed cub

[hardbop grandpop]

hi teddy, i know the answer, it took awhile to figure this out. jack teagarden was some times called gate i think and i know he had a brother called cub (a drummer). gord

[teddy]

Welll done gord. Off you go with a new one.

teddy

[hardbop grandpop]

what soon to be famous jazzman made headlines by firing a spitball at which well known big band leader during a concert in the late 30s. i need both names, the result was a fist fight between the two. gord

[hardbop grandpop]

a clue, one became a leader in the bebop movement, the other was a vocalist leader. gord

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What about;

Dizzie Gillespie/ Billy Eckstine

[hardbop grandpop]

hi john dizzy gillespie is the right answer, but billy eckstine is wrong. gord

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Ok I've tracked it down,
Cab Calloway

[hardbop grandpop]

hi john, cab calloway is the right answer. the funny thing is dizzy always denied being the culprit. gord

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Who was the 1st musician to put together a jazz trio of piano,guitar and bass

Incidentally going back to the Gate nickname.
I believe that Jack T was called Big Gate and brother charlie was called Little Gate

[Dorsetmike]

And the last one was Tail Gate?

Re the trio, would that be André Previn?, or Oscar Peterson, dunno which was first tho'