Membership Drive set for March-May
Please spread the word. For a limited time Local 72-147 will be waiving initiation fees as part of a Membership
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Membership Meeting April 1, 7pm
All Membership Meetings are held at the Union Offices in Arlington
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John Carter
CARTER, JOHN (1929–1991). John Carter, jazz composer and clarinetist, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 24, 1929. He was influenced
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David “Fathead” Newman
Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas, on February 24, 1933, but grew up in Dallas, where he studied first the
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Julius Hemphill
Hemphill was born in Fort Worth, Texas,[2] and attended I.M. Terrell High School (as did Ornette Coleman).[3] He studied the clarinet with John Carter,[2] another I.M. Terrell alumnus,[3]before learning saxophone. Gerry
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Buster Smith
Henry “Buster” Smith, jazzsaxophone player, was born on August 24, 1904, in Alsdorf, Texas. His early musical influences included his father
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Charles Moffet
Moffett was born in Fort Worth, Texas,[1] where he attended I.M. Terrell High School with Ornette Coleman.[2]:27 Before switching to drums, Moffett began his musical career as a trumpeter.[2] At
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Russell Campbell
Dr. Russell Mitchell Campbell passed away on January 17, 2019. He was the first child born to Dr. James McCurdy
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