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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Jimmy Strong
Jimmy Strong
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Monette Moore
Monette Moore
American jazz and blues singer (1902-1962)
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Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Cassino Simpson
Cassino Simpson
American musician
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Georgia White
Georgia White
African American blues singer
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Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Rosetta Howard
Rosetta Howard
American blues singer
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Quinn Wilson
Quinn Wilson
American jazz bassist and tubist (1906-1978)
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Guy Kelly
Guy Kelly
American musician
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Charlie Green
Charlie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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May Alix
May Alix
American cabaret and jazz vocalist
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Alex Hill
Alex Hill
American musician
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits
English beat rock band formed in Manchester in 1964
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Lorenzo Tio
Lorenzo Tio
American clarinetist
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Sonny Boy Williamson I
Sonny Boy Williamson I
American blues musician
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Otis Spann
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold
American blues musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell
American musician
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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
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Snooky Pryor
Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
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Mezz Mezzrow
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Tampa Red
Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
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David Edwards
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
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Johnny "Man" Young
Johnny "Man" Young
American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Elmer Schoebel
Elmer Schoebel
American musician
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Ransom Knowling
Ransom Knowling
American musician
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Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Lovie Austin
Lovie Austin
American pianist
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Mississippi Sheiks
Mississippi Sheiks
band
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Mose Allison
Mose Allison
American jazz blues pianist and singer
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Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas
American recording artist; country blues singer, songster and musician.
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Eddie Pollack
Eddie Pollack
American musician
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Pete Brown
Pete Brown
American musician
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Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Red Saunders
Red Saunders
American musician
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Frankie Trumbauer
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
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George Freeman
George Freeman
American musician
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Papa Charlie McCoy
Papa Charlie McCoy
American delta blues musician and songwriter
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Kansas Joe McCoy
Kansas Joe McCoy
American Delta blues musician and songwriter
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Wallace Bishop
Wallace Bishop
American musician
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Preston Jackson
Preston Jackson
American musician
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Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield
American guitarist and composer
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Willie Johnson
Willie Johnson
American musician
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Scrapper Blackwell
Scrapper Blackwell
American blues guitarist and singer
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Ramblin' Thomas
Ramblin' Thomas
American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
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Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn
American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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George Washington Thomas, Jr.
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
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Robert Nighthawk
Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician
Zinky Cohn
American musician

Zinky Cohn

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Zinky Cohn (August 18, 1908, Oakland, California – April 26, 1952, Chicago) was an American jazz pianist.

Cohn played in Chicago in the late 1920s, including in Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra (1928–30); he recorded with Noone extensively between 1929 and 1934, especially for Vocalion Records. Many of the tunes Noone recorded were written and/or arranged by Cohn, including "Apex Blues" (previously attributed to Earl Hines).

Cohn also recorded as a leader in the early 1930s, with a band that featured Leon Washington on tenor saxophone. Cohn recorded with Frankie Franko & His Louisianans in 1930, and also accompanied blues singers such as Georgia White.

Later in the 1930s Cohn led the Chicago musicians' union, and continued to play locally.