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Frances Klein, also known as Frances Siskin (October 19, 1915 - ) is a female jazz musician who began her career in the early 1930s. She played trumpet in a number of jazz bands (most notably the all-female bands led by Irene Vermillion and Ina Ray Hutton).[1]
Biography
[edit]Frances Klein (b. October 19, 1915) is a native of Cleveland, Ohio where she played trumpet in the Glenville High School Band. Around 1935, she was invited to play in Kermit Dart's All-Girl Band, which was led by Irene Vermillion. Klein travelled the country for two years with Vermillion's dance act/revue, "Rhapsody in Red." Upon returning to Cleveland, she was invited to tour with Ina Ray Hutton's All-Girl Traveling Band; after which, she returned again to Cleveland where she performed in a variety of local venues as a part of the Cleveland Women's Orchestra. Around that time, she was also the sole female member of Freddie Shafer's band.[2] Klein led a number of bands, including: Frances Klein's All-Girl Orchestra, Frances Klein and Her Formal Swingsters, Frances Klein and Her Moderniers, Frances Klein and Her Rhythm Boys, United States Marine Band (High School), and Frances Klein's All-Girl TV Band. On February 22, 1945, she married David Siskin and legally changed her name to Frances Siskin. In the late seventies, the Siskins moved to Tampa, Florida, where Klein continued playing trumpet in groups including the Jacksonville Bulls Pep Band, the Jacksonville Gator Pep Band, and a senior citizens band known as High Society.[3]
List of Bands
[edit]- Kermit Dart's All-Girl Band with Irene Vermillion
- Ina Ray Hutton's All-Girl Traveling Band
- Cleveland Women's Orchestra
- Frances Klein's All-Girl Orchestra
- Frances Klein and Her Formal Swingsters
- Frances Klein and Her Moderniers
- Frances Klein and Her Rhythm Boys
- United States Marine Band
- Frances Klein's All-Girl TV Band
- Jacksonville Bulls Pep Band
- Jacksonville Gator Pep Band