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Lou Colombo; trumpeter dazzled stars of the jazz world

By Kathleen McKenna

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 28, 2012

Lou Colombo kept his trumpet close at hand even during his solid minor league baseball career, which ended with an injury. Turning to music full time, he became part of Cape Cod’s jazz scene and played with some of the genre’s greatest musicians. “This guy’s amazing,’’ said the late trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. “I’ve been preaching his name ever since that night I first heard him down on Cape Cod.’’ Singer Tony Bennett said Mr. Colombo “was a magnificent musician.’’

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