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Aug 01, 1875 Died on 12 Jan 1942 (aged 66)
American musician
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About Willie Cornish
- William "Willy" Cornish (August 1, 1875 – January 12, 1942) was an early jazz musician – known for his being very active on the New Orleans scene playing, leading bands, and teaching music for decades.
- He was a member of Buddy Bolden's pioneering New Orleans style band, playing valve trombone, from about the late 1890s until 1903 or 1905, with a short break when he fought in the Spanish-American War.
- He was also an early member of the Eureka Brass Band.
- When he had a stroke which paralysed his left side before the summer of 1931, he contrived a way of holding his trombone in place with a strap so that he could continue playing.
