Bobby Stark was an American jazz

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 trumpeter.

Stark played piano, clarinet, saxophone, and alto horn

Alto horn

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 before deciding on trumpet. In the mid-1920s he played with June Clark

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 (1925), Edgar Dowell, Leon Abbey

Leon Abbey

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, Duncan Mayers, Bobbie Brown, Bobby Lee, Billy Butler

Billy Butler (guitarist)

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, Charles Turner

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, McKinney's Cotton Pickers

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, and Chick Webb

Chick Webb

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, the last in 1926-27. From 1927 to 1933 he played in Fletcher Henderson

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's Orchestra as a featured soloist. He returned to duty under Chick Webb

Chick Webb

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 behind Taft Jordan

Taft Jordan

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 from 1934 to 1939; after Webb's death he remained in the orchestra, now under the direction of Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

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. In 1940 he left the group to freelance. In 1942-43 he served in the Army

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, then played with Garvin Bushell

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 (1944) and Benny Morton

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shortly before his death. He never led his own recording session.