George "Pee Wee" Erwin was an American jazz trumpeter born on May 30, 1913 in
Falls City, Nebraska, and began playing trumpet at age four. He joined the
groups of Joe Haymes and Isham Jones, then moved to New York City where he
worked as a studio musician and performed with Benny Goodman, Ray Noble, and
with Bunny Berigan and Tommy Dorsey’s orchestras. Erwin led his own big band in
1941‑1942 and 1946, then settled in New Milford, New Jersey, later playing
Dixieland jazz in New Orleans and founding a trumpet school that produced alumni
such as Warren Vaché. His recordings include ...