Sammy Davis Jr on the drums... I had no idea

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5. He played trumpet, too

Have you seen a 1960s film he stars in called (infelicitously) A Man Called Adam? He plays a jazz trumpeter in it, though the music was actually performed by Nat Adderly. Still, you can tell he knows how to blow a horn pretty well in it. Worth a look, even though it has a ridiculous plot, for acting by Davis, Cicely Tyson, Ossie Davis, and appearances by Louis Armstrong, Mel Torme, and others.

Here's a 1964 picture of Davis with a trumpet from Life Magazine:

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ON EDIT: Clip from A Man Called Adam