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1. A great Band Leader who started as a drummer with the "New Orleans Rhythm Kings", he committed suicide in 1971.
2. Born in Georgia in 1898, he formed a band to accompany Ethel Waters. In the 1920's he led the first band to make a name in Jazz, which at one point included Louis Armstrong.
3. Born in February 1933, he is one of Japan's great Jazz reedsman. His elder brother was recently slain (September 2002) by an unknown assailant wielding a Japanese sword.
4. A beautiful lady with a voice to match, she was discovered by John Hammond in 1933. Her first records were with Benny Goodman. She served a prison sentence in 1948 for a narcotics offense.
5. He was known as "Bird".
6. His singing and clowning around drew attention away from his most enduring quality, playing the piano. He's well known for his song "Ain't Misbehavin'", which is also a long-running Broadway Play by the same name.
7. Sometimes known as the "Spiritual Father" of many Jazz Pianists, his nickname was "Fatha".
8. Born in Louisiana in 1895 and raised in Texas, in the 1910's he played the mandoline in a duo with Blind Lemon Jefferson on the Hawaiian guitar.
9. Born in 1894, he was the son of vaudeville guitarist and singer. By the age of 10 he had toured from coast to coast as a child tap dancer. He started teaching himself the piano at 15 but never made a big name for himself until he was in his forties. Sometimes referred to as the father of Boogie Woogie, his wife Estella "Mama" often sang with him.
10. Jazz- "What a Wonderful World". He was born around July 4, 1900 (dates of his birth vary) and passed away much too early in 1971; he is considered by most the best jazz trumpet player of all time.
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