Oklahoma Musicians

Musician

Earl Bostic

Oklahoma Historical Society jazz sources list him as Tulsa-born and identify his alto-saxophone and arranger work; full lifespan requires final date verification

Musical work

alto saxophonist; arranger; bandleader. Instruments recorded in the collection: alto saxophone. Genres: jazz; rhythm and blues.

Evidence and identity

Tulsa connection and specialty are high-confidence; death year remains a date-review issue

Jazz

OHS jazz overview identifies Tulsa as a training center and names Earl Bostic among Oklahoma jazz figures.

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Oklahoma jazz artist table

OHS table lists Earl Bostic as Tulsa-born in 1913 and identifies alto saxophone and arranger specialties.

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Earl Bostic archival newspaper leads

Gateway scans provide band-management and hospitalization leads; a 1965 report identifies Bostic as age 52 but does not alone establish a final death date.

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Earl Bostic

Supports exact working birth/death data and career identity

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Bostic, Earl

Independent reference corroboration

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Chronicles of Oklahoma music table

Corroborates Tulsa and 1913

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Down Beat 1965 obituary/funeral notice

Contemporary corroboration of Oct 28 1965 death

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Sources

  1. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry
  2. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031722/m2/1/high_res_d/1994-v72-n01_a01.pdf
  3. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1804731/m1/5/;https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2246087/m1/1/
  4. www.allmusic.com/artist/earl-bostic-mn0000793607
  5. www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/bostic-earl
  6. www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/DownBeat/60s/65/Downbeat-1965-12-16.pdf