Milt Larkin

Milt Larkin (October 10, 1910, Navasota, Texas[1][2][3] – August 31, 1996) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and singer.

[4] Larkin was an autodidact on the trumpet, and got his start playing in Texas in the 1930s with Chester Boone and Giles Mitchell.

[6] Personnel in the band included Arnett Cobb and Illinois Jacquet (both of whom went on to join Lionel Hampton),[4] Eddie Vinson (who left to join Cootie Williams),[4] Tom Archia, Cedric Haywood, Wild Bill Davis, Alvin Burroughs, Joe Marshall and Roy Porter.

[1] Having already lost several members to the draft board,[4] Larkin disbanded the group when he himself entered the Army.

Milt Larkin was featured in a documentary which was produced and aired on PBS called The Bigfoot Swing.