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b. 9 November 1926, London, Britain, d. 9 March 1998, Bognor Regis, Sussex, Britain. The guitarist innovator from the Malcolm Mitchell Trio, a favorite rhythm clothing on the united kingdom Range circuit and in radio programs through the 50s, Mitchell was originally trained to try out his device by an …

b. 5 November 1902, Kiev, Russia, d. 26 June 1955, Paris, France. Minevitch visited America along with his family members around 1913. After learning piano and violin, he find the harmonica. His playing skill allowed him to try out in vaudeville theatres and on the concert system. In 1925 he …

b. 25 January 1895, Washington, DC, USA, d. 1 November 1927, NEW YORK, NY, USA. As a kid Mills performed in the homes from the capital’s wealthiest people. With sisters Olivia and Maude she shaped the Mills Sisters so when wedded to dancer Ulysses ‘Decrease Child’ Thompson (b. 1888, Prescott, …

A figure in jazz history, Paul Mertz performed with many magical titles in the 1920s. Mertz started playing expertly in 1918 as an adolescent, operating locally. He toured using the Dorsey Brothers’ Crazy Canaries in 1922, performed and organized for Jean Goldkette’s numerous orchestra from 1923-27, published for Crimson Nichols, …

b. 6 Sept 1962, Glasgow, Scotland. Violet Leighton started her singing profession performing in night clubs and pubs in her city and in other areas of the united states. Her repertoire at that time was primarily R&B tunes. After shifting to London she worked well as a program vocalist, but …

b. 8 Apr 1933, NY, USA. In the 50s Jeffrey experienced worked through the entire USA with R&B/blues performers including Wynonie Harris, Big Maybelle and B.B. Ruler before time for New York to review music at Ithaca University. Jeffrey caused Illinois Jacquet, Sadik Hakim and Howard McGhee before touring European …

Best-known for the perennial “Fly Me towards the Moon,” composer Bart Howard was created Howard Joseph Gustafson in Burlington, Iowa in 1916. After departing house at 16 to serve as the pianist within a dance music group that toured to get Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, in 1934 he …

b. 1908, USA, d. 1959, Hollywood, LA, California, USA. Purveyors of ‘nice’ big music group dance sounds, culture group the Hal Grayson Orchestra created in 1932 in California, USA. Grayson was supported by sidemen who at onetime included a Stan Kenton, with vocalists Betty Grable, Martha Tilton and Shirley Ross. …

Shaped in London, England in 1999, the Fellowship for Integrated Rhythmic Expression is certainly a collective of like-minded musical innovators. They comes from the music group Timeline that was shaped by alto saxophonist Barak Schmool (b. 7 Feb 1969, London, Britain) in 1995. Also collectives need leading movers and extremely …

b. Granville Mortlock Edwards, 3 Feb 1921, St. Anne’s Parish, Brownstone, Jamaica, d. 7 August 2004, Manchester, Britain. Edwards’ dad was a bandmaster so that as a son he performed trumpet under his tutelage. A lip damage prompted a big change to reed tools and he ultimately settled using the …