Eddie Rosner
Eddie Rosner | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Adolph Ignatievich Rosner |
| Born | 26 May 1910 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died | 8 August 1976 (aged 66) West Berlin, West Germany |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1930s–1970s |
Adolph Ignatievich Rosner, known professionally as Ady Rosner and Eddie Rosner (26 May 1910 – 8 August 1976) was a German, Polish, and Soviet jazz trumpeter sometimes called "The White Louis Armstrong" or "Polish Louis Armstrong". He was a prisoner in the Gulag when Joseph Stalin was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.