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There are legions of musicians whose small size earned them the common-day nicknames of "Shorty" or "Pee Wee," but trumpeter Clarence Brereton was so tiny his associates referred to him as "Minnow." Associated with the recordings of jazz giant Sidney Bechet and early sides by superb vocalist Lena Horne, the shrimpy Brereton first made a professional name for himself in 1929 in the ...more


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