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Johnny Dunn
Johnny Dunn
American traditional jazz trumpeter and vaudeville performer
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Charlie Dixon
Charlie Dixon
American musician
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
3
Edith Wilson
Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Johnny St. Cyr
Johnny St. Cyr
American musician
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
American musician
11
Tom Brown
Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
12
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Sam Wooding
Sam Wooding
American jazz pianist
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Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Monk Hazel
Monk Hazel
American musician
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Clifford Hayes
Clifford Hayes
American musician and bandleader
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Johnny Wiggs
Johnny Wiggs
American musician
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Pops Foster
Pops Foster
American musician
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
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Frankie Trumbauer
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
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Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
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Jim Cullum, Jr.
Jim Cullum, Jr.
American musician
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Johnny Hates Jazz
Johnny Hates Jazz
British band
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George Lewis
George Lewis
American musician
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Johnny Stein
Johnny Stein
American musician
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Clark Gayton
Clark Gayton
American musician
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Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
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John Lindsay
John Lindsay
American jazz musician
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Tony Parenti
Tony Parenti
American musician
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Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
New Orleans jazz musician
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Johnny Sansone
Johnny Sansone
musical artist
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Graeme Bell
Graeme Bell
Australian jazz musician
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Papa Bue
Papa Bue
Danish trombonist and bandleader
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Richard M. Jones
Richard M. Jones
American musician
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Brian Blade
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
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Luther Kent
Luther Kent
American musician
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Jim James
Jim James
American musician
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
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Boyd Raeburn
Boyd Raeburn
American musician
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Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis
American singer (1890-1971)
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Dr. John
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
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Lou Busch
Lou Busch
American record producer, musician and songwriter (1910-1979)
George Mitchell
jazz musician

George Mitchell

Intro
jazz musician
Genres
Music

George "Little Mitch" Mitchell (March 8, 1899 in Louisville, Kentucky – May 22, 1972 in Chicago) was a cornet player active in the 1920s.

He took up the cornet at the age of 12 and joined a local brass band in Louisville. From 1921-3 he recorded with Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds and Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Band on the Columbia label.

In 1926 he recorded with the New Orleans Wanderers and New Orleans Bootblacks, taking the place of the unavailable Louis Armstrong, and shortly afterwards recorded with Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers. He also recorded with Luis Russell, Johnny Dodds and The Earl Hines Orchestra.

He ceased to be active in music about 1931 and became a bank messenger.