bill, stegmeyer, october, 1916, august, 1968, american, jazz, clarinetist, arranger, stegmeyer, attended, transylvania, college, from, 1934, 1936, following, studies, played, with, austin, wylie, 1937, glenn, miller, 1938, crosby, 1939, 1940s, arrangement, wor. Bill Stegmeyer October 8 1916 August 19 1968 1 was an American jazz clarinetist and arranger Stegmeyer attended Transylvania College from 1934 to 1936 and following his studies played with Austin Wylie 1937 Glenn Miller 1938 and Bob Crosby 1939 40 1 In the 1940s he did arrangement work and played clarinet and occasionally saxophone with Billy Butterfield Yank Lawson Bobby Hackett Will Bradley and Billie Holiday 1945 47 1 He arranged for WXYZ a Detroit radio station from 1948 to 1950 and following this arranged for Your Hit Parade 1950 58 and CBS early 1960s In the 1950s he also continued to play jazz with Lawson Butterfield Bob Haggart Jimmy McPartland and Ruby Braff He died of cancer at age 51 in 1968 1 His only recordings as a leader were five tunes for Signature Records in 1945 and some V Discs References editFootnotes a b c d Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music First ed Guinness Publishing p 2375 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 General references Scott Yanow Bill Stegmeyer at AllMusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bill Stegmeyer amp oldid 1073100971, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
