# Demas Dean

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{{short description|American jazz musician}}
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'''Demas Dean''' (October 6, 1903, in [Sag Harbor, New York](/source/Sag_Harbor%2C_New_York) – May 30, 1991) was an American [jazz](/source/jazz) trumpeter.

==Career==
At the age of ten, Dean started playing coronet and also played violin. In high school he performed with Mazzeo's Brass Band and [Beatrice Van Houten](/source/Beatrice_Van_Houten). While a student at [Howard University](/source/Howard_University) in the early 1920s, he worked with [Doc Perry](/source/Doc_Perry), [Elmer Snowden](/source/Elmer_Snowden), and [Russell Wooding](/source/Russell_Wooding) and went on tour with [Lucille Hegamin](/source/Lucille_Hegamin). He played with [Billy Butler](/source/Billy_Butler_(guitarist)), then became a member of jazz orchestras led by [Ford Dabney](/source/Ford_Dabney) and [Leon Abbey](/source/Leon_Abbey). In 1928, he recorded with [Bessie Smith](/source/Bessie_Smith). Beginning in 1929, he spent most of his career with bandleader [Noble Sissle](/source/Noble_Sissle). After ten years, he left music and worked at the post office in Los Angeles.<ref name="Chadbourne">{{cite web |last1=Chadbourne |first1=Eugene |title=Demas Dean |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/demas-dean-mn0001674047/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=23 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="New Grove">{{cite book |last1=Rye |first1=Howard |editor1-last=Kernfeld |editor1-first=Barry |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz |date=2002 |publisher=Grove's Dictionaries |location=New York |isbn=1-56159-284-6 |page=584 |volume=1 |edition=2nd }}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[John Chilton](/source/John_Chilton). ''Who's Who of Jazz''.

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