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Edward Emerson Cuffee was born on June 7, 1902 in Norfolk, Virginia. He moved to New York in the 1920s, where he recorded with Clarence Williams from 1927 to 1929 and played with Bingie Madison.

Playing in McKinney’s Cotton Pickers from 1929 to 1934, he moved to Fletcher Henderson’s band for three years beginning in 1935. Ed went on to play with Leon Abbey in 1940 and subsequently through the decade with Count Basie, Chris Columbus and Bunk Johnson.

He quit playing professionally after the late 1940s. Trombonist Ed Cuffee passed away on January 3, 1959 in New York City.

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