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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Cozy Cole
Cozy Cole
American musician
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Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
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Eddie Barefield
Eddie Barefield
American musician
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June Richmond
June Richmond
American singer
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Sallie Blair
Sallie Blair
American singer
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Velma Middleton
Velma Middleton
American singer
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Tiny Davis
Tiny Davis
American trumpeter
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Al Morgan
Al Morgan
American musician
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Irving Mills
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Walter Thomas
Walter Thomas
American saxophonist
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The Missourians
The Missourians
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Jonah Jones
Jonah Jones
American musician
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Boomie Richman
Boomie Richman
American musician
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Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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Keg Johnson
Keg Johnson
American jazz trombonists
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Chu Berry
Chu Berry
American musician
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Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
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Noble Sissle
Noble Sissle
African-American jazz musician
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Paul Webster
Paul Webster
Jazz trumpeter
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Andrew Brown
Andrew Brown
American jazz musician born 1900
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Eubie Blake
Eubie Blake
Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)
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Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney
singer and actress from the United States (1928-2002)
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Mabel Scott
Mabel Scott
American singer
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Andy Gibson
Andy Gibson
American musician
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Helen Forrest
Helen Forrest
American singer
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Edgar Battle
Edgar Battle
American musician
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TolumiDE
TolumiDE
Nigerian–Canadian singer-songwriter
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Sam Donahue
Sam Donahue
American musician
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Midge Williams
Midge Williams
African American swing and jazz singer
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Helen Humes
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Shep Shepherd
Shep Shepherd
American jazz musician
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Louis Prima
Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
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Ike Quebec
Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
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Mark Sandman
Mark Sandman
Indie-rock musician, lead singer for band Morphine
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Johnny Letman
Johnny Letman
American musician
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June Christy
June Christy
American singer
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer

Blanche Calloway

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Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway (February 9, 1902 – December 16, 1978) was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and was a successful singer before her brother. With a music career that spanned over fifty years, Calloway was the first woman to lead an all-male orchestra and performed alongside musicians such as Cozy Cole, Chick Webb, and her brother. Her performing style was described as flamboyant and a major influence on her brother's performance style.