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King Oliver
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| Genres: | Blues, Jazz |
| Decades Active: | 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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11 May 1885, Abend, Louisiana, USA, d. 10 April 1938, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Raised in New Orleans, cornettist Joe King Oliver became well known through appearances with local marching and cabaret bands during the early years of this century. After playing with...
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| Genres: | Big Band & Swing, Jazz |
| Decades Active: | 1940s, 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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Leon Bix Beiderbecke, 10 March 1903, Davenport, Iowa, USA, d. 6 August 1931, New York City, New York, USA. One of the legends of jazz, a role he would doubtless have found wryly amusing had he lived to know of it, Bix Beiderbecke entered music when he began picking out tunes on...
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| Genres: | Blues, Jazz, R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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Thomas Wright Waller, 21 May 1904, Waverley, New York, USA, d. 15 December 1943, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Influenced by his grandfather, a violinist, and his mother, Waller was playing piano at students concerts and organ in his fathers church by the time he was...
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| Genres: | Jazz |
| Decades Active: | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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James Price Johnson, 1 February 1894, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, d. 17 November 1955, New York City, New York, USA. Taught piano by his mother, Johnson assimilated a wide range of musical styles. In the years following his familys relocation to New York, he continued...
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| Genres: | Big Band & Swing, Jazz |
| Decades Active: | 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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14 May 1897, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d. 14 May 1959, Paris, France. A major figure in early jazz, an outstanding clarinettist, and for decades the only performer of consequence on soprano saxophone, Sidney Bechets career began in 1909. During the next few years he...
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| Genres: | Big Band & Swing, Blues, Jazz |
| Decades Active: | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, 18 December 1897, Cuthbert, Georgia, USA, d. 28 December 1952, New York City, New York, USA. One of the most important figures in the development of big band music, in the early 30s Henderson set the standards by which early big band jazz was...
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| Genres: | Jazz |
| Decades Active: | 1990s, 2000s |
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24 November 1868, Texarkana, Texas, USA, d. 1 April 1917, New York City, New York, USA. Joplins father was born into slavery, becoming a freedman with Emancipation in 1863. A musical individual, he encouraged the musical aspirations of his sons and daughters. Scott Joplin,...
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| Genres: | Blues, Cajun & Zydeco, R&B / Soul |
| Decades Active: | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s |
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Henry Roeland Byrd, 19 December 1918, Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA, d. 30 January 1980, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Byrd grew up in New Orleans where he was part of a novelty dance team in the 30s. He also played piano, accompanying John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson. After...
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