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- Birth nameSidney Arnondrin
- Sidney Arodin was born on March 29, 1901 in Westwego, Louisiana, USA. Sidney died on February 6, 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- Clarinettist and composer, famed for co-writing (with Hoagy Carmichael)the classic "Lazy River". Arodin was one of the few white musicians to perform in both white and black orchestras. Between 1922 and 1925, he was a member of the Original New Orleans Jazz Band in New York. He subsequently returned to the South and played in Texas and Louisiana. Plagued by ill-health, he died young, aged just 46.
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