WETF Reuben River Reeves

WETF Reuben River Reeves

WETF Reuben "River" Reeves

05/06/2020 12:30AM

Episode Synopsis "WETF Reuben River Reeves"

 Reuben "River" Reeves . . groomed to be a competitor to Louis Armstrong, Reeves never achieved the notoriety or public notice.  Nevertheless, his recordings in the 1920's with his River Boys (including Omer Simeon, William Barbee and others) were excellent jazz features, while his solos with the Cab Calloway and Fess Williams bands show him to have been an underrated trumpet player of the time.

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