• Vernon Alley (May 26, 1915 – October 3, 2004) was an American jazz bassist. Alley was born in Winnemucca, Nevada, and played football in high school and...
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    Junior High School Winnemucca Grammar School Humboldt County Library Vernon Alley, described by the San Francisco Chronicle as "the most distinguished...
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  • driver Vernon Alley (1915–2004), American jazz musician Wayne Alley (born 1932), American judge William Alley (1510–1570), Anglican prelate William Alley (born...
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  • Era. "Living variously on the West Coast, where he often worked with Vernon Alley, and in Toronto, Paris, and Zurich, he continued to lead small groups...
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  • jazz artists, including: Shadow Wilson Illinois Jacquet (1946–47, 1950) Vernon Alley J. C. Heard (1946) Joe Newman Fred Beckett Sabby Lewis (1948) Sir Charles...
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  • 1942; his unit band was full of noteworthy jazz musicians, including Vernon Alley, Wilbert Baranco, Buddy Collette, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Royal, and...
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  • Gasoline Alley is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Edward John Drake, starring Devon Sawa, Bruce Willis and Luke Wilson. It was released...
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    whom Witherspoon recorded include Jimmy Rowles, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Vernon Alley, Mel Lewis, Teddy Edwards, Gerald Wiggins, John Clayton, Paul Humphrey...
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    Tin Pan Alley was a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City that dominated the popular music of the United States in the late...
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    claimed to have built the first dwelling in North Belle Vernon on Broad Avenue near Spring Alley. He was justice of the peace, council member, school director...
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    (1929–2003) Samuel Adams (born 1985) Osama Afifi Moses Allen (1907–1983) Vernon Alley (1915–2004) Ben Allison (born 1966) Bjørn Alterhaug (born 1945) Hayes...
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    he played with Billy Eckstine. In 1950, he played in a quartet with Vernon Alley. From 1951 to 1952, he was with Lionel Hampton; and, in 1952, he played...
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  • Salvini, John Coppola/Chuck Travis and Gerald Wilson and worked with the Vernon Alley Quartet, who accompanied Billie Holiday in 1955. He played with Gerald...
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  • Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) 1915 – Vernon Alley, American bassist (d. 2004) 1915 – Antonia Forest, English author (d...
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    (born 1977) – actress, Brittany Marsino on The Young and the Restless Vernon Alley – jazz bassist Cosmo Baker – New York-based DJ, music producer Joyce...
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  • Alley Cat is a 1984 American action film directed by Victor M. Ordonez, Eduardo Palmos, and Al Valletta (all under the alias Edward Victor) and starring...
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  • Annette A. Aguilar – percussionist, bandleader, and music educator Vernon Alley (1915–2004) – jazz bassist Mike Burkett – lead singer of NOFX Paul Desmond...
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  • player and coach (Philadelphia Eagles), complications from heart surgery. Vernon Alley, 89, American jazz bassist. Jacques Benveniste, 69, French immunologist...
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  • werewolves. Knockturn Alley is described in the novels as a dark and seedy alleyway diagonal to Diagon Alley. Many of the shops in Knockturn Alley, such as Borgin...
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    Murray Kane, American Corporal, composer, and band manager (died 1986). Vernon Alley, American bassist (died 2004). 27 – Midge Williams, African-American...
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  • piano (on "Funky Blues," "Indiana") Lou Levy - piano (on "Stardust") Vernon Alley - bass (on "Goodbye," "Salute to Pres" and "Swedish Pastry") Gene Ramey...
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    Scene in 'Change Alley in 1720 is an 1847 history painting by the British artist Edward Matthew Ward. It depicts a scene in Exchange Alley in the City of...
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  • (later known as Jackie Kelso), Buddy Collette, Jerome Richardson, and Vernon Alley. When he left Basie in 1970, Royal settled permanently in Los Angeles...
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  • Henderson, Robin Kenyatta, Sigurd Køhn, Steve Lacy, Tony Lee, Tony Mottola, Vernon Alley, Waldren Joseph, Wallace Davenport, and Walter Perkins. 2003 in jazz...
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    Mount Vernon Triangle is a neighborhood and community improvement district in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The neighborhood is located adjacent...
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  • Hines) in San Francisco. Pee Wee continued his musical relationship with Vernon Alley, who had also been a member of the U.S. Navy 45-piece regimental band...
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  • Mount Vernon Mill No. 3 is a textile denim mill located in Trion, Georgia, a very small town in Chattooga County. Mount Vernon pays about eighty percent...
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    the same shape: a long narrow alley flanked by two walls with horizontal, vertical, and sloping faces. Although the alleys in early ballcourts were open-ended...
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    website, the Bowhay-Nowell was added to Vernon Dudley's name by Stanshall, although this has proven to be untrue. Vernon's parents were Walter Nowell and Bessie...
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    Elvis Presley (redirect from Vernon Presley)
    January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love (née Smith) and Vernon Presley. Elvis' twin Jesse Garon was delivered 35 minutes before, stillborn...
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