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Bob Helm

American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, born July 18, 1914 in Fairmead (Kings County), California, died September 1, 2002 in San Rafael, California. Helm met [a=Lu Watters] and [a=Turk Murphy] in San Francisco in 1935, and played in the [a= Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band] intermittently 1940-1950, and with Murphy's band 1947-1981. He also played with Marlene Dietrich on tour.