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Cowell Johnny His Trumpet And OrchestraJohnny Cowell Johnny Cowell Add article description Johnny Cowell (11 January 1926 in Tillsonburg, Ontario – 22 January 2018) was a Canadian trumpeter, composer and arranger.[1] Early life Cowell's father and three uncles were members of the Tillsonburg Town Band, and Cowell played his first trumpet solo with this band at age six.[1] Cowell joined the Toronto Symphony Band in 1941 at the age of 15 as trumpet soloist.[1][2] Cowell was largely self-taught but after joining the Toronto Symphony Band he studied briefly with Edward Smeale in Toronto.[1] He served during World War II as soloist with the Royal Canadian Navy band in Victoria, BC, and played first trumpet from 1943 to 1945 with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. He later… (Source: Wikipedia)
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