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Zutty Singleton
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
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Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
American musician
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Art Hodes
Art Hodes
American musician
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Al Belletto
Al Belletto
American musician
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Pops Foster
Pops Foster
American musician
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Arthur Trappier
Arthur Trappier
American drummer
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Nappy Lamare
Nappy Lamare
American musician
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Peck Kelley
Peck Kelley
American musician
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Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Kaiser Marshall
Kaiser Marshall
American musician
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Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Richard M. Jones
Richard M. Jones
American musician
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Miff Mole
Miff Mole
American jazz musician
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Sidney Desvigne
Sidney Desvigne
American musician
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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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George Brunies
George Brunies
American musician
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Santo Pecora
Santo Pecora
American musician
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Johnny St. Cyr
Johnny St. Cyr
American musician
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Phil Napoleon
Phil Napoleon
American jazz musician
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Cousin Joe
Cousin Joe
American blues and jazz singer
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Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Joe Garland
Joe Garland
American musician
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Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
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Wardell Quezergue
Wardell Quezergue
American music producer
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Tommy Ladnier
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
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Tom Brown
Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
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C. J. Chenier
C. J. Chenier
American musician
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Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
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Roy Palmer
Roy Palmer
American musician
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Luther Kent
Luther Kent
American musician
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Danny Alvin
Danny Alvin
American jazz drummer
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Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
New Orleans jazz musician
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Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Brass Band
American brass band
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Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
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Huey "Piano" Smith
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
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Michael Doucet
Michael Doucet
American musician
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Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Harold Battiste
Harold Battiste
American music composer, arranger, performer, and teacher
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Papa Bue
Papa Bue
Danish trombonist and bandleader
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Emanuel Sayles
Emanuel Sayles
American musician
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Luis Russell
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
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Mezz Mezzrow
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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George Lewis
George Lewis
American musician
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Pony Poindexter
Pony Poindexter
American musician
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Sonny Landreth
Sonny Landreth
American musician
Sidney Arodin
American jazz clarinetist and songwriter

Sidney Arodin

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American jazz clarinetist and songwriter
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Sidney Arnandan or Arnondrin or Arnondin, better known as Sidney Arodin (March 29, 1901, Westwego, Louisiana - February 6, 1948, New Orleans) was an American jazz clarinetist and songwriter, best known for co-writing the pop standard "Lazy River" with Hoagy Carmichael.

Arodin began playing clarinet at age 15 and played at local New Orleans gatherings and on riverboats. He made his way to New York City and played with Johnny Stein's New Orleans Jazz Band from 1922. He played with Jimmy Durante in the middle of the decade, then returned to Louisiana to play with Wingy Manone and Sharkey Bonano. In the 1930s he worked with Louis Prima and with a reconstituted version of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings which also featured Manone. After 1941, Arodin's poor health prevented him from playing frequently live, but before this time he recorded with Johnnie Miller, Albert Brunies, Monk Hazel, and the Jones-Collins Astoria Hot Eight. The oft-repeated claim that many of his performances are mistakenly credited on original recordings to Charlie Cordella is unsubstantiated.