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Wilbur Sweatman

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Wilbur Coleman Sweatman (February 7, 1882 – March 9, 1961) was an African-American ragtime and dixieland jazz composer, bandleader, and clarinetist. [1]

33 relations: African Americans, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Bass clarinet, Brunswick, Missouri, Coleman Hawkins, Columbia Records, Connie's Inn, Cozy Cole, Dixieland, Duke Ellington, Emerson Records, Gennett Records, Harlem, Jazz, Kansas City, Missouri, List of clarinetists, Maple Leaf Rag, Minneapolis, Mulatto, New York City, Organ (music), Original Dixieland Jass Band, Pathé Records, Phonograph cylinder, Ragtime, Scott Joplin, Sells Brothers Circus, St. Joseph, Missouri, Ted Lewis (musician), Trombone, Vaudeville, Violin, W. C. Handy.

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.

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Bass clarinet

The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family.

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Brunswick, Missouri

Brunswick is a rural city in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

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Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Connie's Inn

Connie's Inn was a Harlem, New York City nightclub established in 1923 by Connie Immerman (né Conrad Immerman; 1893–1967) in partnership with two of his brothers, George (1884–1944) and Louie Immerman (1882–1955).

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Cozy Cole

William Randolph "Cozy" Cole (October 17, 1909 – January 9, 1981) was an American jazz drummer who had hits with the songs "Topsy I" and "Topsy II".

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Dixieland

Dixieland, sometimes referred to as hot jazz or traditional jazz, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.

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Emerson Records

Emerson Records was an American record company and label created by Victor Emerson in 1915.

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Gennett Records

Gennett (pronounced with a soft G) was an American record company and label in Richmond, Indiana, which flourished in the 1920s.

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Harlem

Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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List of clarinetists

This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet.

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Maple Leaf Rag

The "Maple Leaf Rag" (copyright registered on September 18, 1899) is an early ragtime musical composition for piano composed by Scott Joplin.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Mulatto

Mulatto is a term used to refer to people born of one white parent and one black parent or to people born of a mulatto parent or parents.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Organ (music)

In music, the organ (from Greek ὄργανον organon, "organ, instrument, tool") is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means for producing tones, each played with its own keyboard, played either with the hands on a keyboard or with the feet using pedals.

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Original Dixieland Jass Band

The Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was a Dixieland jazz band that made the first jazz recordings in early 1917.

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Pathé Records

Pathé Records was a France-based international record company and label and producer of phonographs, active from the 1890s through the 1930s.

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Phonograph cylinder

Phonograph cylinders are the earliest commercial medium for recording and reproducing sound.

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Ragtime

Ragtime – also spelled rag-time or rag time – is a musical style that enjoyed its peak popularity between 1895 and 1918.

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Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin (1867/68 or November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer and pianist.

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Sells Brothers Circus

Sells Brothers Circus was a circus that was started by Lewis Sells and Peter Sells in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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St. Joseph, Missouri

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Ted Lewis (musician)

Theodore Leopold Friedman (June 6, 1890 – August 25, 1971), known as Ted Lewis, was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician.

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Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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W. C. Handy

William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a composer and musician, known as the Father of the Blues.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Sweatman

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