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Paul “Stump” Evans was born in Lawrence, Kansas on October 18, 1904. He experimented with several instruments: alto horn, trombone, and alto saxophone. In the 1920s, he played baritone saxophone in Chicago, Illinois as a member of the Creole Jazz Band led by King Oliver and the Dixie Syncopators.

He played C melody saxophone when he backed singer Priscilla Stewart. With Oliver he played soprano saxophone, then alto saxophone with the Red Hot Peppers led by Jelly Roll Morton. Stump also worked as a sideman for Erskine Tate and Jimmy Wade.

Saxophonist Stump Evans passed away from tuberculosis on August 29, 1928. In Douglas County, Kansas at the age of 23.

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