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Jerome Darr was born on December 21, 1910 in Baltimore, Maryland. His first major professional affiliation was a jug band, the Washboard Serenaders. As a member of this group from 1933 through 1936, the guitarist enjoyed a well-received European tour.

During the 1940s he focused on work as a studio musician showing up on sessions from blues to bebop. His incredibly versatile and prolific career had him playing behind Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers.

Between 1935 and 1973 Jerome participated in roughly twenty jazz recording sessions. in total for this artist. Such a thin statistic indicates that the hefty, complete list of recordings Darr appears on include many other styles besides jazz.

He recorded and/or performed with the Marlowe Morris Trio, Paul Quinichette All-Stars and his Quartet, Rex Stewartand the Charlie Parker Quintet. In his final years, Darr was mostly swinging in the busy band of trumpeter Jonah Jones, in a sense coming full circle with the type of playing he had started out with.

Guitarist Jerome Darr died October 29, 1986 in Brooklyn, New York.

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