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The Erskine Hawkins Orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom, publicity photo, circa 1940, signed by members of the band.

Note the addendum, "DEAD," next to the signature of trumpeter Marcellus Green. Green's 1942 automobile death was widely mourned in…

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LeMeyer Stanfield -- also known as "Lee," "Leemie," and "Gate" Stanfield --longtime bassist for the Bama State Collegians / Erskine Hawkins Orchestra.

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