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Eubie Blake
Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)
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James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and United States Army officer
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Buster Bailey
American musician
3
Don Redman
American musician
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Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Terry Waldo
American musician
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Josie Miles
American singer
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Maceo Pinkard
American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
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Fred Robinson
American musician
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Emme Kemp
vocalist, musician, pianist, composer, actress, bandleader
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Sam Wooding
American jazz pianist
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Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer
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Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Sammy Price
American pianist
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Joe Smith
American jazz trumpeter
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Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
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Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Panama Francis
American musician
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Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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Charlie Beal
jazz pianist
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Al Jolson
American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950)
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Dave Dallwitz
Australian painter and jazz musician (1914-2003)
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Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
