Newell "Spiegle" Willcox (May 2, 1903, Sherburne, New York – August 25, 1999, Cortland, New York) was a jazz trombonist. He was born Newell Lynn Willcox in upstate New York, and learned valve trombone as a youngster under the tuition of his father, Lynn Willcox, an amateur musician and bandleader. He acquired the familiar nickname Spiegle as a student at the Manlius Military Academy (he claimed he could not remember its specific origin), where he played in the school brass band.
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2 May 1903
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Died |
25 August 1999 (aged 96)
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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