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Oct 04, 1904 Died on 09 Oct 1993 (aged 89)
American musician
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About Greely Walton
- Greely Walton (October 4, 1904 in Mobile, Alabama – October 9, 1993) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Walton played violin in his youth before settling on saxophone, and studied music at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1920s.
- He worked first with Elmer Snowden in 1926, then with Benny Carter (1929) and for an extended period with Luis Russell (1930–37).
- During this time Russell's ensemble was occasionally led by Red Allen, and served as Louis Armstrong's backing ensemble for a period.
- After leaving Russell, Walton worked with Vernon Andrade (1938), Horace Henderson (1941), Cootie Williams as a baritone saxophonist (1942–43), and Cab Calloway (1943–45).
- From 1945-47 he acted as musical director for doo wop group The Ink Spots, and played with Noble Sissle and Sy Oliver towards the end of the decade.
- He did work in radio and television in the 1950s before retiring from music in that decade.
