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Biography
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The Mound City Blue Blowers
Effective period / Period of releases: 1924 - 1996
Members: Glenn Miller, Coleman Hawkins, Gene Krupa, Pee Wee Russell, Jimmy Dorsey, Eddie Lang, Jack Teagarden, Al Morgan, Red McKenzie, Pops Foster, Muggsy Spanier, Eddie Condon, Frank "Josh" Billings, Jack Bland, Jack Russin, Dick Slevin, Billy Wilson (18)
Jazz group, formed as a novelty trio in 1924 by Red McKenzie and Dick Slevin. Between 1929 and 1936 McKenzie used the name for various groups of up to ten players, including at different times Eddie Condon, Coleman Hawkins, Gene Krupa, Pee Wee Russell, Muggsy Spanier, and Jack Teagarden.