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Les Spann

Interesting shape who performs guitar and doubles on flute. Popular blues and jazz sideman within the ’50s.

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Johnny Bothwell & His Orchestra

b. 23 Might 1917, Gary, Indiana, USA, d. August 1995. Bothwell started playing alto saxophone and set up a popularity in Chicago before shifting to NY in the first 40s. Through the remaining 10 years he caused several big rings, including those led by Woody Herman, Sonny Dunham, Boyd Raeburn …

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Lorenzo

A slower jam specialist from Havana, FL, a little town beyond Tallahassee. A previous high school sportsman, Lorenzo Smith provides that rugged appearance and build young ladies love. The solid gospel impact in his phrasing and delivery originates from his family’s cathedral root base. His early musical affects includedMichael Jackson, …

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Marie Bryant

b. 1919, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d. 23 Might 1978, LA, California, USA. An excellent singer, with a nice vocal audio and stage existence, Bryant caused several mentioned jazz performers in NY within the 40s. She made an appearance on record in 1946 inside a music group that included Peanuts …

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Mac Wiseman

Famed for his apparent and mellow tenor tone of voice, Mac Wiseman documented numerous great bluegrass rings, including those of Molly O’Day, Flatt & Scruggs, Costs Monroe, as well as the Osborne Brothers; his order of traditional materials made him very much popular by bluegrass and folk supporters alike. Wiseman …

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Libby Holman

b. Elsbeth Holzman, 23 Might 1904, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, d. 18 June 1971, Stamford, Connecticut, USA. Holman was viewed by some because the initial great white torch vocalist, and by others as ‘a dark crimson menace’, due to her tempestuous personal life. She performed minor assignments in Broadway musicals such …

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Joe Pass

Joe Move did the near-impossible. He could play up-tempo variations of bop music such as for example “Cherokee” and “How Great the Moon” unaccompanied on your guitar. Unlike Stanley Jordan, Move used regular (but outstanding) technique, and his Virtuoso series on Pablo still noises remarkable decades afterwards. Joe Move had …

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General Johnson

Head of Chairmen from the Panel and a high R&B songwriter/manufacturer aswell, General Johnson enjoyed an extended career stretching out from his debut through the mid-’50s glory times of R&B to his position being a turn-of-the-century seaside music icon. Delivered and raised within the seaside town of Norfolk, VA, Johnson …

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Edgar Hayes

A talented pianist best-known for his big music group saving of “Stardust,” Edgar Hayes under no circumstances became a significant name but he worked steadily throughout his longer profession. Hayes graduated using a music level from Wilberforce College or university. He toured the South with Fess Williams’ Orchestra in 1922 …

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Eddy Howard

Mild intimate balladeer Eddy Howard was an enormous name within the 1940s and early ’50s. Reeling away several dozen strike singles within the post-war years, he seldom proceeded to go uptempo or derivated from good-natured paeans to heart-to-heart bliss. Howard still left Stanford Medical College in the first ’30s to …

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