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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Quinn Wilson
Quinn Wilson
American jazz bassist and tubist (1906-1978)
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Eddie Pollack
Eddie Pollack
American musician
3
Kansas Fields
Kansas Fields
American musician
4
Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
5
Pete Briggs
Pete Briggs
American musician
6
Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Zinky Cohn
Zinky Cohn
American musician
8
Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
9
Preston Jackson
Preston Jackson
American musician
10
Wallace Bishop
Wallace Bishop
American musician
11
Alphonse Picou
Alphonse Picou
African American jazz clarinetist
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Charlie Green
Charlie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Strong
Jimmy Strong
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Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
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Junie Cobb
Junie Cobb
American bandleader, conductor and jazz musician
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Glover Compton
Glover Compton
American musician
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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
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Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson
American trumpeter, musician and pianist (1905-1946)
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May Alix
May Alix
American cabaret and jazz vocalist
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Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Tom Brown
Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
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Muggsy Spanier
Muggsy Spanier
American musician
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Larry Shields
Larry Shields
American jazz musician
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Mezz Mezzrow
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Johnny Frigo
Johnny Frigo
American jazz musician
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Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Minor Hall
Minor Hall
American musician
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Zutty Singleton
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
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Jasper Taylor
Jasper Taylor
American drummer
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
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Tommy Gwaltney
Tommy Gwaltney
American musician
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Georgia White
Georgia White
African American blues singer
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Charlie Beal
Charlie Beal
jazz pianist
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Pete Brown
Pete Brown
American musician
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
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Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
American musician
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Tiny Parham
Tiny Parham
Canadian musician
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Bea Booze
Bea Booze
American musician
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Shirley Clay
Shirley Clay
American musician
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Frankie Trumbauer
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
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Ken Nordine
Ken Nordine
American voiceover and recording artist
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Happy Caldwell
Happy Caldwell
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Vic Berton
Vic Berton
American musician
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Lovie Austin
Lovie Austin
American pianist
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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George Kelly
George Kelly
American jazz saxophonist, vocalist and arranger
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Lorenzo Tio
Lorenzo Tio
American clarinetist
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June Christy
June Christy
American singer
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Tommy Ladnier
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
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Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud
French composer, conductor and teacher (1892-1974)
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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R. Kelly
R. Kelly
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Omer Simeon
Omer Simeon
American musician
Guy Kelly
American musician

Guy Kelly

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American musician
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Music

Guy Kelly (22 November 1906 - 24 February 1940) was an American jazz trumpeter born in Louisiana, perhaps best known for his work in Chicago the 1920s and 1930s with jazz musicians such as Albert Ammons and Jimmie Noone. Kelly worked in New Orleans during the 1920s with bandleaders such as Papa Celestin, among others. Kelly appears on the Noone classic "The Blues Jumped a Rabbit", recorded Chicago 15 January 1936. Kelly died February 24, 1940.