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Tommy Benford
Tommy Benford
American jazz drummer
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Jabbo Smith
Jabbo Smith
American musician
2
Bill Benford
Bill Benford
American musician
3
Amos White
Amos White
American trumpeter
4
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Benny Waters
Benny Waters
American musician
6
Tom Delaney
Tom Delaney
African American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer
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Charlie Irvis
Charlie Irvis
American musician
8
Johnny Temple
Johnny Temple
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
10
Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Jasper Taylor
Jasper Taylor
American drummer
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Don Ewell
Don Ewell
American musician
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Eddie Williams
Eddie Williams
American jazz saxophonist
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Ward Pinkett
Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
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Tony Rice
Tony Rice
American guitarist and bluegrass musician
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Zue Robertson
Zue Robertson
American musician
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Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Eva Taylor
Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
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Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Cozy Cole
Cozy Cole
American musician
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John Clark
John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Clarence Ashley
Clarence Ashley
American musician
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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George Baquet
George Baquet
American musician
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Wesley Wilson
Wesley Wilson
American blues, jazz, and vaudeville singer and songwriter (1893-1958)
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Lorenzo Tio
Lorenzo Tio
American clarinetist
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Freddie Jenkins
Freddie Jenkins
American musician
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Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Dannie Richmond
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
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Steve Wilson
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
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Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
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Newman Taylor Baker
Newman Taylor Baker
American musician
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
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Jay McShann
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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George Brunies
George Brunies
American musician
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Charlie Green
Charlie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Lawrence Lucie
Lawrence Lucie
American musician
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
Geechie Fields
American musician

Geechie Fields

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American musician
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Music

Julius J. "Geechie" Fields (9 September 1904 – 15 August 1997) was an American jazz trombonist.

Fields grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, and learned to play trombone at the Jenkins Orphanage. In the early 1920s he became a touring member of the Jenkins Orphanage bands, then relocated to New York City, where he was a house musician at John O'Connor's club. He played with Earle Howard in 1926-27, recorded with Jelly Roll Morton in 1928 and 1930, and with Charlie Skeete and Bill Benford in 1929. He also worked with Clarence Williams and James P. Johnson. In the 1930s he married singer Myra Johnson but left music to become a boxing coach.