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Ford Dabney
Ford Dabney
American conductor and songwriter
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Wilbur Sweatman
Wilbur Sweatman
American musician
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Arthur Marshall
Arthur Marshall
American composer and pianist
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Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
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Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
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W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Joe Hill Louis
Joe Hill Louis
American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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William Bolcom
William Bolcom
American composer
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Beaver Harris
Beaver Harris
American musician
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse
American composer and lyricist
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Johnny Maddox
Johnny Maddox
American musician
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Johnny Dyani
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Louis Chauvin
Louis Chauvin
U.S. ragtime pianist
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Eubie Blake
Eubie Blake
Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)
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Country Joe McDonald
Country Joe McDonald
American musician and anti-war activist
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Blanche Calloway
Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer
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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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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
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Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)
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Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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Tom Turpin
Tom Turpin
American ragtime composer and saloon-keeper
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Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
Joe Jordan
American musician

Joe Jordan

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American musician

Joe Jordan (né Joseph Taylor Jordan; February 11, 1882, Cincinnati, Ohio – September 11, 1971, Tacoma, Washington) was an American pianist, composer, real estate investor, and music publisher. Jordan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and received musical training at the Lincoln Institute (now Lincoln University) in Jefferson City, Missouri.