20:
63:; after which, she returned again to Cleveland where she performed in a variety of local venues as a part of the Cleveland Women's Orchestra. Around that time, she was also the sole female member of Freddie Shafer's band. Klein led a number of bands. On February 22, 1945, she married David Siskin and legally changed her name to Frances Siskin. In the late seventies, the Siskins moved to
54:
where she played trumpet in the
Glenville High School Band. Around 1935 she was invited to play in Kermit Dart's All-Girl Band, which was led by Irene Vermillion. Klein traveled the country for two years with Vermillion's dance act/revue, "Rhapsody in Red." Upon returning to Cleveland, she was
67:, where Klein continued playing trumpet in groups including the Jacksonville Bulls Pep Band, the Jacksonville Gator Pep Band, and a senior citizen's band known as High Society. She died in 2012 at the age of 97.
34:(October 19, 1915 – December 22, 2012), was an American jazz musician who began her career in the early 1930s. She played trumpet in a number of jazz bands (most notably the all-female bands led by
188:
131:
223:
156:
228:
233:
64:
35:
218:
213:
185:
135:
197:
192:
51:
56:
39:
207:
19:
79:
60:
18:
132:"Frances Klein Papers, 1929-2002, Duke University Jazz Archive"
200:, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University
126:
124:
122:
76:Kermit Dart's All-Girl Band with Irene Vermillion
23:Frances Klein in the late 1920s or early 1930s
8:
118:
90:Frances Klein and Her Formal Swingsters
7:
87:Frances Klein's All-Girl Orchestra
14:
96:Frances Klein and Her Rhythm Boys
102:Frances Klein's All-Girl TV Band
93:Frances Klein and Her Moderniers
198:Frances Klein Papers, 1929-2002
186:Jazz Archive at Duke University
1:
108:Jacksonville Gator Pep Band
105:Jacksonville Bulls Pep Band
84:Cleveland Women's Orchestra
250:
157:"Frances Siskin Obituary"
99:United States Marine Band
224:American jazz trumpeters
50:Klein was a native of
24:
65:Jacksonville, Florida
55:invited to tour with
22:
229:American bandleaders
161:Florida Times-Union
191:2012-11-05 at the
25:
234:Melodears members
16:American musician
241:
173:
172:
170:
168:
163:. 7 January 2013
153:
147:
146:
144:
143:
134:. Archived from
128:
36:Irene Vermillion
30:, also known as
249:
248:
244:
243:
242:
240:
239:
238:
204:
203:
193:Wayback Machine
182:
177:
176:
166:
164:
155:
154:
150:
141:
139:
130:
129:
120:
115:
73:
52:Cleveland, Ohio
48:
17:
12:
11:
5:
247:
245:
237:
236:
231:
226:
221:
216:
206:
205:
202:
201:
195:
181:
180:External links
178:
175:
174:
148:
117:
116:
114:
111:
110:
109:
106:
103:
100:
97:
94:
91:
88:
85:
82:
77:
72:
69:
57:Ina Ray Hutton
47:
44:
40:Ina Ray Hutton
32:Frances Siskin
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
246:
235:
232:
230:
227:
225:
222:
220:
217:
215:
212:
211:
209:
199:
196:
194:
190:
187:
184:
183:
179:
162:
158:
152:
149:
138:on 2012-11-05
137:
133:
127:
125:
123:
119:
112:
107:
104:
101:
98:
95:
92:
89:
86:
83:
81:
78:
75:
74:
71:List of bands
70:
68:
66:
62:
58:
53:
45:
43:
41:
37:
33:
29:
28:Frances Klein
21:
165:. Retrieved
160:
151:
140:. Retrieved
136:the original
49:
31:
27:
26:
219:2012 deaths
214:1915 births
208:Categories
142:2012-11-05
113:References
80:Melodears
61:Melodears
46:Biography
189:Archived
167:18 May
169:2014
38:and
59:'s
42:).
210::
159:.
121:^
171:.
145:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
