George Washington

George Washington (born October 18, 1907) is an American jazz trombonist. Early life and education Washington was born in Brunswick, Georgia, and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He began playing trombone at age ten, and attended Edward Waters College in the early-1920s. Career Washington relocated to Philadelphia in 1925 and played with J.W. Pepper before moving to New York City shortly thereafter. In New York, Washington studied under Walter Damrosch at the New York Conservatory, playing with various ensembles in the late 1920s. In 1931, he began playing with Don Redman, and gigged with Benny Carter in 1932 and Spike Hughes in 1933. In the mid-1930s, he played and arranged for the Mills Blue Rhythm Band and worked with Red Allen and Fletcher Henderson. From 1937 to 1943, he played in Louis Armstrong's orchestra.