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"Belated admirers salute musician"

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Perkins, Pamela

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"Swing era arranger taught at Manassas High in 1920s" -- "Over the grave at Historic Elmwood Cemetery, a trumpet beckoned Memphis to remember a local music master on Saturday. -- Trumpeter Ron Herd II and nine other people gathered around the grave of bandleader and arranger Jimmie Lunceford, a former teacher at Manassas High School who became an internationally noted and respected musician of the swing era. -- On the marker, Herd laid a yellow wreath with blue flowers and a ribbon that read: 'Thanks, Mr. Lunceford.' -- The 'thank you' is part of the Jimmie Lunceford Jamboree Festival, which continues with a tribute special from 4 to 6 this evening on Blog Talk Radio (blogtalkradio.com/weallbe), an online social radio network. -- Some jazz experts rate Lunceford's musicianship up there with Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Some also consider his memory to be among the most neglected..."
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Frierson, S
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