Bill Rank

Trombone, Musical Artist

1904 – 1979

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Who was Bill Rank?

Bill Rank was an American jazz trombonist.

Born in Lafayette, Indiana, he was best known for his work in the Jean Goldkette orchestra of the late 1920s alongside Bix Beiderbecke in small groups and with Paul Whiteman until 1938.

He was a member of the WLW radio staff orchestra in Cincinnati from 1942 to 1947 and led a local Dixieland group called the Over The Hill Gang. Rank also recorded and performed with Dick Sudhalter.

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Born
Jun 8, 1904
Indiana
Died
May 20, 1979

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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