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Willie Dennis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 10 January 1926. He was raised in a musical family and began playing the trombone at the age of nine. He attended the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard School of Music. Dennis began his professional career in the 1940s, playing with jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis. He also performed with the Count Basie Orchestra and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In the 1950s, Dennis moved to New York City and began to focus on his own music. He released several albums as a leader, including "Willie Dennis and His Orchestra" (1956), "Willie Dennis and His All Stars" (1958), and "Willie Dennis and His Jazzmen" (1959). In the 1960s, Dennis moved to Los Angeles and began to focus on his painting. He has since become a renowned artist, with his work being exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. Dennis is currently retired and lives in Los Angeles. His net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

Popular As William DeBerardinis
Occupation Trombonist
Age 39 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 10 January 1926
Birthday 10 January
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death (1965-07-08)
Died Place New York City, New York
Nationality United States

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1961

Dennis married singer Morgana King in 1961; the couple had no children. He died in 1965 in an automobile accident in Central Park, New York City.

1959

After working with Elliot Lawrence, Claude Thornhill, and Sam Donahue, Dennis also performed with Charles Mingus, appearing on two of Mingus's albums in 1959, Blues & Roots and Mingus Ah Um. In 1953, Dennis recorded Four Trombones (released in 1957) for Mingus's Debut Records. The other three trombones were J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding and Bennie Green.

1956

Dennis toured with Mingus in 1956. He published an essay, "The History of the Trombone," in Metronome. In the late 1950s Dennis returned to his big band roots, joining Buddy Rich in 1959 after stints with Benny Goodman (with whom he travelled to the Soviet Union in 1962) and Woody Herman. In the 1960s, Dennis often performed with Gerry Mulligan.

1951

In 1951, Dennis began studying with Lennie Tristano. To make ends meet, he worked as an attendant at the Museum of Modern Art. The fullest recorded example of Dennis's solo work is on a little-known 1956 Savoy disc by English pianist Ronnie Ball (also a student of Tristano), All About Ronnie, in the company of Ted Brown and Kenny Clarke.

1926

Willie Dennis (née William DeBerardinis, January 10, 1926 – July 8, 1965) was an American jazz trombonist known as a big band musician but who was also an excellent bebop soloist.