| Albert L. Murray AKA Albert Lee Murray Born: 12-May-1916
Birthplace: Nokomis, AL
Died: 18-Aug-2013
Location of death: Harlem, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Stomping the Blues Military service: US Army Air Corps (1943-45); USAF (1951-62, Maj.) Father: Hugh Murray (adoptive)
Mother: Matty (adoptive)
Wife: Mozelle Menefee (m. 1941, until his death, one daughter)
Daughter: Michéle Murray
High School: Mobile County Training School
University: BA, Tuskegee Institute (1939)
University: MA, New York University (1948)
Professor: Tuskegee Institute
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Author of books:
The Omni-Americans (1970, essays)
South to a Very Old Place (1971)
Train Whistle Guitar (1974, novel)
Stomping the Blues (1976)
Good Morning Blues (1985, biography, with Count Basie)
The Spyglass Tree (1991, novel)
The Blue Devils of Nada (1996, essays)
Trading Twelves (2000, letters)
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