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Katherine Henderson
American classic female blues singer
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Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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Hazel Meyers
American classic female blues and country blues singer
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Lena Wilson
American blues singer (1898-1939)
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Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)
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Mattie Hite
African-American blues singer
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Lovie Austin
American pianist
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Helen Gross
American classic female blues singer
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Bessie Brown
American classic female blues, jazz, and cabaret singer
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Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Katie Crippen
African American entertainer and singer
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Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Edmonia Henderson
African American classic female blues singer
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Maggie Jones
American blues singer and pianist
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Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse
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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Lillian Goodner
African American blues singer
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Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress
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Porter Grainger
American musician
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Esther Bigeou
American vaudeville and blues singer
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Edna Hicks
American blues singer and musician.
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Viola McCoy
American blues singer
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Gladys Bentley
American blues singer
28
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Coot Grant
American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter
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Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
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Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Georgia White
African American blues singer
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
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Fannie May Goosby
American singer
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Ray Nance
American musician
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Clara Smith
American classic female blues singer
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John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Buster Bailey
American musician
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Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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Hannah Sylvester
African American blues singer
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Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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May Alix
American cabaret and jazz vocalist
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James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Kitty Brown
American classic female blues singer
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Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
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Slim Harpo
American blues musician
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Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Cliff Jackson
American pianist
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Ruby Smith
American classic female blues singer
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
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Charlie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Lizzie Miles
African American blues singer
