Oklahoma Musicians

Jazz history

Clarence Love

Oklahoma Historical Society material documents Love's move to Muskogee in 1912, early band formation, silent-film work, World War II band leadership, and later Tulsa/Greenwood activity. The OHS jazz survey places him among Oklahoma-born or Oklahoma-developed jazz artists.

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Oklahoma connection

OHS documents Muskogee and Tulsa activity across his career.

Musical work and relationships

Saxophonist; bandleader; silent-film accompanist; World War II band leader; Tulsa jazz figure.

Hall of Fame account

The Hall catalog lists Clarence Love as a saxophonist and band leader inducted in 1990.

Evidence and remaining questions

The OHS survey and local Jazz Depot profile should be reconciled for exact birth and death data.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031722/m2/1/high_res_d/1994-v72-n01_a01.pdf
  2. jazzdepotlive.com/portfolio/clarence-love-1990/
  3. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry
  4. www.okjazz.org/inductees/

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.