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JOHNNY FRIGO, 90 Jazz musician

Johnny Frigo, a versatile jazz violinist and bassist who toured with Jimmy Dorsey and wrote a jazz standard recorded by Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, died Wednesday at a Chicago hospital after battling cancer in recent years, said his son Rick.

Mr. Frigo was born on Chicago's South Side and spent much of his career playing bass. After playing with the Coast Guard band at Ellis Island during World War II, he toured with Mr. Dorsey and his orchestra. Around that time, according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Mr. Frigo co-wrote "Detour Ahead," a song that became a jazz standard recorded by Ms. Holiday and Ms. Vaughan, among others.

He was in his late 60s or early 70s when he turned his attention to the violin, appearing twice on The Tonight Show.

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