Peter Remington

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DAVID W. REMINGTON, 80 BEULAH, Mich. - David W. Remington, 80, of Beulah, Mich., died Friday, June 8, 2007, in Traverse City, Mich. Born in Rochester, N.Y. Oct. 10, 1926. David came from a family of professional musicians. The son of Emory (a respected trombone teacher and chairman of the brass department of the Eastman School of Music [ESM]) and Laura (an accomplished accompanist and organist), he studied harp and piano at ESM from the age of five to early adolescence. Groomed from his youth as an orchestral harpist, a career in which his sister, Janet, flourished, he instead fell in love with jazz in the 1930's. Though his piano and harp training was formal, he was a self-taught trombonist with a few pointers gleaned from his father while shaving in the morning. Starting in 1936, the Remington family spent summers in Interlochen, Mich., while Emory taught trombone at the National Music Camp. At age 14, his older brother, Emory Jr., drove David to popular teenage gathering places in nearby Traverse City where David entertained people on piano in ragtime, swing, and traditional jazz styles. In the summer of 1944, he joined the Navy in Traverse City and served in World War II. He graduated from St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. in 1950, then attended Albany Law School. Later in life he earned a master's degree in jazz studies at Eastman School of Music (1981). Playing jazz piano and trombone regularly in nightclubs, David elected to leave law school and go on the road with a band. As a trombonist, he won the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout Show in 1957. For over 50 years he was a freelance jazz pianist, trombonist, and bandleader in Rockford, Ill. and Chicago, and Rochester and New York. Career highlights include bandleader at Jazz Limited, Caf

David — Betty Lou Petermann. [Group Sheet]

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Emory Remington was chairman of brass, woodwinds and percussion when he died in 1971 after playing 1st trombone in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for twenty-six years. Emory and his brother Frederick taught at the Eastman School of Music at Rochester, New York from 1922 till 1946. Frederick played trumpet in the orchestra. (see Paul Remington's web site for info on this family line: uftree.com)

In the Federal Census of 1930, the two brothers and their families are living near each other in Rochester, NY.

The following notes are from the website of Eastman School of Music: "Emory Remington (1892-1971), professor of trombone at Eastman, is recognized as one of the most outstanding brass instrument pedagogues in the world. In almost 50 years at Eastman, he taught hundreds of students who went on to hold positions in virtually all of the country

Emory married Laura A. Wilbur 17 Nov 1919, Rochester, Monroe, NY. Laura (daughter of Milton W. Wilbur and Harriett Heap) was born 31 Dec 1891, NY; died Feb 1966, NY. [Group Sheet]

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Laura Remington was an accomplished accompanist and organist. (from obit of son David)

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In the Federal Censuses of 1900, 1910, and 1920, the family is living at Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.

Frederick married Eva T. Peddle Abt 1888. Eva was born Jun 1864, England; died Aft 1 Apr 1930, NY. [Group Sheet]

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According to the 1910 census, Eva has had 7 children, 5 of whom are living.

Milton — Harriett Heap. Harriett was born , Canada. [Group Sheet]