Otto Lington
Otto Lington | |
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![]() Jazz pioneer Otto Lington. | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Otto Carl Johan Lington |
Born | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Occupation(s) | Bandleader, Composer |
Instruments | Violin |
Otto Lington (5 August 1903 - 15 December 1992) was a Danish composer, bandleader and violinist. Lington was a pioneer of jazz and bandleader for Shirley Bassey, Josephine Baker, and Fats Waller among many others. Lington is the grandfather of saxophonist Michael Lington.
Categories:
- 1903 births
- 1992 deaths
- Male composers
- Danish violinists
- Male violinists
- 20th-century violinists
- 20th-century Danish composers
- 20th-century Danish male musicians
- Danish composer stubs