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Carl Fontana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (142 words) |
 | Carl Fontana (July 18, 1928 - October 9, 2003) was a jazz trombonist. |
| Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Fontana was awarded a degree in musical education by the Louisiana State University in 1950. |
| It is fair to say that Carl Fontana is on every great jazz tombonist's list of great jazz trombonists. |
| Carl Fontana (1743 words) |
| The Fontanas lived in Monroe, Louisiana during the Depression (Carl was born there in 1928) and Collie supported his family by working as a plumber and by playing violin and saxophone in a band he inherited from another leader. |
| Fontana was always an athletic man and his first loves as a boy had been football, basketball and baseball. |
| Fontana co-led a group with the drummer Jake Hanna that recorded and appeared at festivals in 1975 and later toured Japan. |
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