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First recorded use of oboe in jazz
April 28, 1924
Don Redman, musical prodigy, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, vocalist and bandleader, was the first musician to use the oboe as a jazz instrument in a solo he performed in a recording of "After the Storm," with Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra. The piece was recorded by Pathe Actuelle in New York.
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