Wayman Carver was an American jazz

Jazz

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 flautist and reeds player.

Carver was one of the earliest flute soloists to perform jazz; while Alberto Socarras

Alberto Socarras

Alberto Socarrás Estacio, , was a Cuban-American flautist who played both Cuban music and jazz....

 preceded him by about five years, Carver was one of very few jazz flautists active in the swing era. His first professional experience was with J. Neal Montgomery. After he moved to New York City

New York City

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 in 1931, he recorded with Dave Nelson

Dave Nelson

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, and played with Elmer Snowden

Elmer Snowden

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 (1931-32), Benny Carter

Benny Carter

Bennett Lester Carter was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognized as such by other jazz musicians who called him King...

, and Spike Hughes

Spike Hughes

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 (1933).

From 1934 to 1939 he played with Chick Webb

Chick Webb

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 on both saxophone and flute. After Webb died he continued in the orchestra during its period of leadership under Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

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 until 1941. After leaving the jazz scene he became a professor of music at Clark College

Clark Atlanta University

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, where he taught saxophonists George Adams

George Adams (musician)

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 and Marion Brown

Marion Brown

Marion Brown was a jazz alto saxophonist and ethnomusicologist. He is most well known as a member of the 1960s avant-garde jazz scene in New York City, playing alongside musicians such as John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and John Tchicai...

, among others.