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Skip MartinSkip Martin Skip Martin American jazz musician (1916–1976) Lloyd Vernon "Skip" Martin (May 14, 1916 – February 12, 1976) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and music arranger. Biography Born in Robinson, Illinois, in 1916, Martin was active principally as an arranger for some of the most popular swing jazz bands of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked with Count Basie, Charlie Barnet (1939–40), Benny Goodman (1941), and Glenn Miller (1941–42); doubling as a reedist with the last three. In the Goodman orchestra he played alto sax alongside Gus Bivona and also recorded with the legendary trumpeter Cootie Williams in the early 1940s. Later in the decade, he worked with Les Brown (memorably the big-band chart for "I've Got My… (Source: Wikipedia)
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