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Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
American jazz and dance band from the 1920s and 1930s
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Julia Lee
Julia Lee
American blues and dirty blues musician
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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Jack Washington
Jack Washington
American jazz saxophonist
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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Al Sears
Al Sears
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Jay McShann
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
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Ben Smith
Ben Smith
American jazz alto saxophonist, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist
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Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
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Red Callender
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Charlie Byrd
Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Ted Heath
Ted Heath
British musician
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
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Machito
Machito
Latin jazz musician
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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
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
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Herb Flemming
Herb Flemming
American musician
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Ray Copeland
Ray Copeland
American musician
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Glen Gray
Glen Gray
American musician
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Al Gallodoro
Al Gallodoro
American musician
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Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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June Christy
June Christy
American singer
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Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Andy Kirk
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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Art Blakey
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Carl Kress
Carl Kress
American musician
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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John Dankworth
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Eddie Heywood
Eddie Heywood
American jazz pianist, songwriter
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Ted Weems
Ted Weems
American musician, bandleader
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Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
69
Tommy Whittle
Tommy Whittle
British saxophonist
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Ferde Grofé
Ferde Grofé
American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist
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Jess Stacy
Jess Stacy
American musician
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Chick Bullock
Chick Bullock
American singer
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Ziggy Elman
Ziggy Elman
American musician
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
American musician
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Ray Bauduc
Ray Bauduc
American musician
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Andy Sannella
Andy Sannella
American musician
George E. Lee
American musician

George E. Lee

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American musician
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Music

George Ewing Lee (April 28, 1896 – October 2, 1958) was an American jazz bandleader.

Born in Boonville, Missouri, Lee was the older brother of pianist/singer Julia Lee. He played in a band while serving in the Army in 1917; following this he sang in a vocal quartet, and in 1920 he formed an ensemble of his own. With his sister as one of the group's members, he was a regular player at Lyric Hall in Kansas City through much of the 1920s. In 1927 they recorded as an octet, with Jesse Stone on piano, for Merritt Records; among the tunes was "Down Home Syncopated Blues," the earliest recording of Julia Lee's voice. They recorded six tunes for Brunswick in 1929.


In 1933, Lee's group was absorbed into the Bennie Moten Orchestra. In 1935 he struck out on his own again; he moved to Jackson, Michigan in 1940, retired from music in 1941, and began managing a nightclub in Detroit in 1942. Later in the 1940s, he moved to San Diego, where he died on October 2, 1958.