Humphrey, Percy

Humphrey, Percy
▪ 1996

      U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader who became a fixture in New Orleans, La., performing both with bands he fronted and with the Preservation All Stars, with whom he played at Preservation Hall until early 1995 (b. Jan. 13, 1905—d. July 22, 1995).

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