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Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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Ivie Anderson
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey
American singer
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Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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Betty Roché
Betty Roché
American blues singer
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Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton
American actress
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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Lena Horne
Lena Horne
American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer (1917-2010)
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Velma Middleton
Velma Middleton
American singer
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Kay Davis
Kay Davis
Jazz singer
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Norman Granz
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
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Frankie Jaxon
Frankie Jaxon
African American vaudeville singer, female impersonator, stage designer and comedian
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Betty Hall Jones
Betty Hall Jones
American singer
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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Little Miss Cornshucks
Little Miss Cornshucks
American singer
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Lou Blackburn
Lou Blackburn
American musician
Marie Bryant
American singer

Marie Bryant

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American singer

Marie Bryant (November 6, 1919 – May 23, 1978) was an American dancer, singer and choreographer, described as "one of the most vivacious black dancers in the United States".