Bob Scobey

Bob Scobey Bob Scobey American jazz trumpet player (1915–1976) Robert Alexander Scobey Jr. (December 9, 1916 – June 12, 1963)[1] was an American jazz trumpet player of traditional or Dixieland music based originally in the San Francisco area and later in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Tucumcari, New Mexico,[1] and died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2] Early life Scobey was born in Tucumcari, New Mexico in 1916 but his family moved to Stockton, California before his first birthday and lived there until 1930. His mother bought him a cornet when he was nine. He practiced enough to be in the school band, but thought he wanted to be a chemist. After his family moved to Berkeley, California in 1930, his…

GENRES: Jazz, Trumpet