Ed Cuffee

Musical Artist

1902 – 1959

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Who was Ed Cuffee?

Edward Emerson Cuffee was an American jazz trombonist.

Cuffee moved to New York in the 1920s, where he recorded with Clarence Williams and played with Bingie Madison. He played in McKinney's Cotton Pickers and in Fletcher Henderson's band, then with Leon Abbey, Count Basie, Chris Columbus, and Bunk Johnson. Cuffee quit playing professionally after the late 1940s. Cuffee has sometimes been incorrectly referred to as Cuffee Davidson because of erroneous early sources.

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Born
Jun 7, 1902
Died
Jan 3, 1959

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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