Arvin Charles "Arv" Garrison (August 17, 1922, Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

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 – July 30, 1960, Toledo) was an American jazz

Jazz

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 guitarist.

Garrison taught himself ukelele at age nine and played guitar for dances and local functions from age twelve. He led his own band at a hotel in Albany, New York

Albany, New York

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, in 1941. Following time with Don Seat, he put together a trio which played on both the East and West coasts of the United States

United States

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 until 1948; after 1946 it was called the Vivien Garry

Vivien Garry

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 Trio, after his wife and bassist.

Garrison recorded on Dial Records

Dial Records

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 with Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

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 and Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...

, and was active on the early bebop

Bebop

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 scene in New York City

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 in the 1940s. Jazz critic Leonard Feather

Leonard Feather

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 interviewed Garrison extensively about playing with Parker. In the 1950s he returned to Toledo and played locally. He died in 1960 by drowning

Drowning

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 during an epileptic seizure

Epilepsy

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