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A good swing trumpeter who never really became a major soloist,
Nate Kazebier is best-known for his early association with
Benny Goodman. He began playing trumpet when he was nine and started out working with local territory bands in the Midwest including Austin Wylie in Cleveland,
Jan Garber and Slats Randall. He was part of Goodman's 1935-36 big band and was on a small group date led by
Gene Krupa.
Kazebier left by mid-1936, moved to California and worked with
Ray Noble, Seger Ellis' Brass Choir,
Spud Murphy and other local orchestras. He was with Gene Krupa's first big band (1939-40) and spent a period with
Jimmy Dorsey (1940-43) before going in the military. After his discharge, he had a second stint with
Goodman (1946-47) and then became a studio musician in California. Although he recorded with
Ray Bauduc and was active into the 1960's,
Nate Kazebier (who did not lead any records of his own) was always quite obscure. ~ Scott Yanow