About George Fierstone
Lived 1916 – 1984 (aged 67). George Fierstone was a British jazz musician.
George Fierstone (14 November 1916 in London – 13 April 1984 in London) was an English jazz drummer.
Fierstone played with a traveling revue in 1931, then played in London with such bandleaders as Bert Ambrose, Harry Roy, Sid Millward (1938), Frank Weir (1944), and Harry Hayes (1944–46). During this time he also did copious work as a studio musician and played in the Heralds of Swing in 1939. He worked in an RAF dance band during World War II, and after the war's end this ensemble performed and recorded as The Skyrockets from 1946 to 1953, accompanying Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra among others. He continued to work freelance into the 1980s.
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Who was George Fierstone?
British musician
When was George Fierstone born?
George Fierstone was born on 14 November 1916.
When did George Fierstone die?
George Fierstone died on 13 April 1984.
What was George Fierstone's occupation?
George Fierstone was a jazz musician.
What nationality was George Fierstone?
George Fierstone was British.
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