Person    | Male  Born 30/5/1935  Died 22/7/2010

Harry Beckett

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Caribbean Islands

Harold Winston "Harry" Beckett. Trumpeter and flugelhorn player. Born Barbados. Resident in the UK from 1954.

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Harry Beckett

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Mellow Mix Studios in Hackney

The Hackney Citizen reported that the names on the plaque are all "late Afric...

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Jodie White

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G. Sadd

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