Velma Middleton (September 1, 1917 – February 10, 1961) was an American jazz vocalist and entertainer who sang with Louis Armstrong's big bands and small groups from 1942 until her death.
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Arvell Shaw
American musician
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Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Cozy Cole
American musician
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Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
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Vernon Brown
American musician
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Christine Kittrell
Singer-songwriter, musician
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Valaida Snow
American musician
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Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
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June Christy
American singer
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Charlie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer
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Trummy Young
American jazz trombonist
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Earl Bostic
American musician
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Tiny Davis
American trumpeter
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Toni Harper
American singer
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Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
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Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Eddie Shu
American swing and jazz multi-instrumentalist with high proficiency on tenor and alto saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, harmonica, and accordion
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Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
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Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Jess Stacy
American musician
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Jimmy Blanton
American musician
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
American musical duo, collaboration
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Avery Parrish
American musician
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Roy Milton
American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
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Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Al Casey
American jazz guitarist
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Lucille Dixon Robertson
American jazz double-bassist
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Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Sabu Martinez
American musician
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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George Van Eps
musician
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Buster Bailey
American musician
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Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Chuck Israels
American jazz musician
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Todd Rhodes
American musician
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Anna Mae Winburn
African-American vocalist and jazz bandleader
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Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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John Kirby
jazz bassist
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Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Money Johnson
American musician
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Joe Garland
American musician
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Nat Jaffe
Jazz pianist
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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Dick Cary
American jazz pianist
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Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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John Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson
guitarist
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Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter