Matthew Gee [SEP] place of death
Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee (November 25, 1925, Houston, Texas – July 18, 1979, New York City) was an American bebop trombonist and part-time actor.
Gee played trumpet and baritone as a child, and took up the trombone at age 11. After studying at Alabama State University, he played with Coleman Hawkins before doing a stint in the Army. Following this, he played with Dizzy Gillespie (1946–1949), Joe Morris, Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt (1950), Count Basie
, and in 1616 became D.D.
On 19 September 1599 Gee was instituted rector of Tedburn St. Mary in Devon, on the presentation of the Queen. He was also chaplain in ordinary to James I and a fellow of Chelsea College, where he was appointed by Matthew Sutcliffe, the founder. Lord Chancellor Egerton made him his chaplain, and presented him in 1616 to a prebend in Exeter Cathedral.
Gee died at Tedburn, in the winter of 1618.
Works.
After Gee's death his brothers, John