Richard Bently Boone was an American jazz musician, trombonist and vocalist.

He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas

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 and joined the United States Army where he played in military bands. He left the army and moved to Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 in 1958. From 1961 to 1966 he toured with singer Della Reese

Della Reese

Delloreese Patricia Early, known professionally as Della Reese , is an American actress, singer, game show panelist of the 1970s, one-time talk-show hostess and ordained minister. She started her career in the 1950s as a gospel, pop and jazz singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single "Don't You...

 and then played with Count Basie

Count Basie

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 from 1966 to 1969. In 1970 he emigrated to Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1972 he joined the Danish Radio Big Band and played with them until 1985.

He died on February 8, 1999 in Copenhagen.

Boone's collection of private memorabilia is in the Jazz collections at the University Library of Southern Denmark

Jazz collections at the University Library of Southern Denmark

The Music Department at the University Library of Southern Denmark in Odense has through donations and acquisitions since 1997 achieved the status of research archive of specialised jazz studies....

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