Editing Booker Little (section)

{{Short description|American jazz trumpeter and composer (1938–61)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Booker Little
| image           = Booker little jr.jpg
| caption         = Little in 1961
| image_size      =
| birth_name      = Booker Little Jr.
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1938|4|2|mf=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|1961|10|5|1938|4|2}}
| death_place     = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| instrument      = Trumpet
| genre           = [[Jazz]], [[hard bop]], [[avant-garde jazz]]
| occupation      = Trumpeter, composer
| years_active    = 1956–1961
| label           =
| past_member_of = [[Max Roach]], [[Eric Dolphy]], [[Johnny Griffin]], [[George Coleman]], [[Tommy Flanagan (musician)|Tommy Flanagan]], [[Art Davis (bassist)|Art Davis]], [[Julian Priester]], [[Frank Strozier]], [[Ray Draper]], [[Bob Cranshaw]], [[Abbey Lincoln]]
| website         =
| current_members =
| past_members    = 
}}

'''Booker Little Jr.''' (April 2, 1938 – October 5, 1961)<ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1960.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com] – accessed June 2010</ref> was an American [[jazz]] trumpeter and composer. He appeared on many recordings in his short career, both as a sideman and as a leader. Little performed with [[Max Roach]], [[John Coltrane]], and [[Eric Dolphy]] and was strongly influenced by [[Sonny Rollins]] and [[Clifford Brown]]. He died aged 23.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://bookerlittle.jazzgiants.net/biography/|title = Biography|access-date = October 4, 2014|website = Booker Little|publisher = Leo T. Sullivan Jazz Websites|last = Sullivan|first = Leo T.}}</ref>