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Roger Wolfe Kahn

American jazz and popular musician, composer, and bandleader. Born October 19, 1907, Morristown, New Jersey, USA. Died July 12, 1962, New York City, New York, USA. Married to actress/singer [a2753808] (1931-1933, divorce) and nephew of [a1731750]. He could play eighteen instruments but was best known for the saxophone, violin, drums, piano and banjo. In 1923, his father, Otto Kahn, a wealthy multi-millionaire banker, indulged his son’s passion for music and bought the Arthur Lange Orchestra. His son then became the conductor of it. By the time he reached nineteen, he had eleven orchestras that played in resorts and hotels from Newport, Rhode Island to Florida. In the mid-1930s he gave up his orchestra and became a test pilot for Grumman Aviation. He tested many of the fighter planes used by American fliers in World War II.