# Bob Shoffner

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**Bob Shoffner** (April 4, 1900 – March 5, 1983) was an American [jazz](/source/Jazz) trumpeter.

Shoffner grew up in [St. Louis, Missouri](/source/St._Louis,_Missouri), and played drums and [bugle](/source/Bugle_(instrument)) before settling on trumpet at age eleven. He played trumpet in a [military band](/source/Military_band) while serving in the [U.S. Army](/source/U.S._Army) from 1917-1919, and then played with [Charlie Creath](/source/Charlie_Creath) and [Tommy Parker](/source/Tommy_Parker_(American_musician)) in [territory bands](/source/Territory_band). He relocated to [Chicago](/source/Chicago) in 1921, and played with [John H. Wickcliffe](/source/John_H._Wickcliffe), [Everett Robbins](/source/Everett_Robbins), and [Mae Brady](/source/Mae_Brady). He returned to St. Louis and duty under Creath briefly before heading back to Chicago to play under [Honore Dutrey](/source/Honore_Dutrey) and then, in 1924, to replace [Louis Armstrong](/source/Louis_Armstrong) in [King Oliver](/source/King_Oliver)'s Creole Jazzband. He played with Oliver until 1927, and spent time with [Dave Peyton](/source/Dave_Peyton) and [Lottie Hightower](/source/Lottie_Hightower) during this time as well.

Shoffner suffered a lip ailment in 1927, but returned after a few months to play with [Charles Elgar](/source/Charlie_Elgar) (1928), [Erskine Tate](/source/Erskine_Tate), [Jerome Carrington](/source/Jerome_Carrington), [McKinney's Cotton Pickers](/source/McKinney's_Cotton_Pickers) (1931), and [Frankie Jaxon](/source/Frankie_Jaxon) (1932). He moved to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) in 1934, and played there with [Fess Williams](/source/Fess_Williams), [Fletcher Henderson](/source/Fletcher_Henderson), and [Hot Lips Page](/source/Hot_Lips_Page) (1938). He returned once more to Chicago around 1940, and took a job working for the state; he recorded with [Richard M. Jones](/source/Richard_M._Jones) in the middle of the 1940s, but then took a hiatus from music until 1957 to play with [Franz Jackson](/source/Franz_Jackson)'s Original Jazz All-Stars (1957-1963). Health concerns forced him into semi-retirement after this time.

Shoffner also recorded in the 1920s with [Lovie Austin](/source/Lovie_Austin), [Jimmy O'Bryant](/source/Jimmy_O'Bryant), [Ida Cox](/source/Ida_Cox), and [Luis Russell](/source/Luis_Russell).

## References

- [Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow), [ Bob Shoffner] at [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)

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