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Art Karle

American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist born c. 1905 in Boston, Massachusetts died December 21, 1967 in the same city. Artie Karle led own band in Boston and Cape Cod areas during the early 1920s. Moved to New York in early 1930s, playing with [a=Benny Goodman], [a=Billie Holiday] and leading own bands. In Hiram "Hy" Jason's band in the early 1940s, then moved back to Boston. Occasionally led own bands in Boston in the 1950s and 1960s with [a=Max Kaminsky] and trumpeter George Poor.