Clarence Profit was a jazz pianist and composer associated with swing

Swing (genre)

Swing music, also known as swing jazz or simply swing, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and became a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States...

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He came from a musical family and began studying piano at age three and led a ten-piece band in New York City

New York City

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 in his teens. A visit to his grandparents in Antigua

Antigua

Antigua , also known as Waladli, is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after an icon in Seville Cathedral, Santa Maria de la...

 led to his staying in the Caribbean for five years and he also led a group in Bermuda

Bermuda

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. He returned to the US and led a trio. He co-composed Lullaby In Rhythm with Edgar Sampson

Edgar Sampson

Edgar Melvin Sampson was a composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist...

. He was respected in his era, but after his early death fell into obscurity.

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