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Bix Beiderbecke

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Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer. [1]

181 relations: Adrian Rollini, Al Capone, Alan Plater, Arrangement, At the Jazz Band Ball, Baby Dodds, Ballad, Barnacle Bill (song), Bass saxophone, Bebop, Benny Carter, Benny Green (saxophonist), Bernard Wolfe, Big band, Bill Challis, Bill Evans, Bill Rank, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Bix (film), Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, Blackboard Jungle, Bud Freeman, Bunny Berigan, C melody saxophone, Calliope (music), Candlelights (song), Cannes Film Festival, Carson Robison, Charlie Parker, Chauncey Morehouse, Chet Baker, Cincinnati, Clara Bow, Clarinet Marmalade, Claude Debussy, Claxtonola Records, Columbia Records, Cool jazz, Copenhagen (song), Cornet, Davenport Blues, Davenport Central High School, Davenport, Iowa, Delirium tremens, Dick Sudhalter, Digby Fairweather, Dixieland, Doc Cheatham, Don Redman, ..., Doris Day, Dorothy Baker, DownBeat, Eastwood Lane, Eddie Condon, Eddie Lang, Edema, Elijah Wald, Emmett Hardy, Fats Waller, Ferde Grofé, Flashes (song), Fletcher Henderson, For No Reason at All in C, Frank Ricotti, Frank Signorelli, Frankie Trumbauer, Friar's Inn, Gennett Records, Geoff Muldaur, Geoffrey Ward, George Gershwin, Georgia on My Mind, Glenn Ford, Glenn Miller, Grammy Hall of Fame, Graystone Ballroom, Greater Astoria Historical Society, Hamilton, Ohio, Hoagy Carmichael, Howard "Howdy" Quicksell, Hugues Panassié, Impressionism in music, In a Mist, In the Dark (Bix Beiderbecke song), Indiana University Press, Ira Gitler, ITV Yorkshire, Jack Teagarden, Jaco Pastorius, James P. Johnson, Jazz, Jazz improvisation, Jean Goldkette, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmy Dorsey, Jimmy McPartland, Joe Venuti, Keeley Institute, Kenny Baker (trumpeter), King of Jazz, King Oliver, Kirk Douglas, Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois, Larry Shields, Lauren Bacall, LeClaire Park, Leon Roppolo, Leonard Feather, List of minor planets: 23001–24000, Lobar pneumonia, Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, Ludwig van Beethoven, Marian McPartland, Martin Williams (writer), Maurice Ravel, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Mezz Mezzrow, Michael Brooks (music historian), Michael Curtiz, Nat Hentoff, National Book Award, National Recording Registry, National Register of Historic Places, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Nick LaRocca, Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Okeh Records, Ol' Man River, Original Dixieland Jass Band, Otis Ferguson, Otto von Bismarck, Paul Mares, Paul Whiteman, Pee Wee Russell, Playing by ear, Pupi Avati, Queens Hospital Center, Ramona (song), Randy Sandke, Rex Stewart, Rhapsody in Blue, Riverboat Shuffle, Rockin' Chair (1929 song), Romanticism, Roseland Ballroom, Russ Morgan, Ry Cooder, Sidney Bechet, Sidney Poitier, Singin' the Blues (1920 song), Sony Music, South Side, Chicago, Speakeasy, Stardust (song), Suite (music), Sunnyside, Queens, Ted Gioia, Terry Teachout, The Beatles, The Beiderbecke Affair, The Beiderbecke Connection, The Beiderbecke Tapes, The Beiderbecke Trilogy, The New Republic, The Wolverines (jazz band), Tiger Rag, Timbre, Together (1928 song), Tom Delaney (songwriter), Traditional pop music, University of Chicago Press, University Press of Mississippi, Victor Talking Machine Company, Wall Street Crash of 1929, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Wilbur Hatch, Young Man with a Horn (film), Young Man with a Horn (novel). Expand index (131 more) »

Adrian Rollini

Adrian Francis Rollini (June 28, 1903 – May 15, 1956) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played the bass saxophone, piano, vibraphone, and many other instruments.

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Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit.

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Alan Plater

Alan Frederick Plater CBE FRSL (15 April 1935 – 25 June 2010) was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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At the Jazz Band Ball

"At the Jazz Band Ball" is a 1917 jazz instrumental recorded by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.

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Baby Dodds

Warren "Baby" Dodds (December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959) was a jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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Barnacle Bill (song)

"Barnacle Bill the Sailor" (Roud 4704) is an American drinking song adapted from "Bollocky Bill the Sailor", a traditional folk song originally titled "Abraham Brown".

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Bass saxophone

The bass saxophone is one of the largest members of the saxophone family—larger than the more commonly encountered baritone saxophone.

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Bebop

Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States, which features songs characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales and occasional references to the melody.

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Benny Carter

Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

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Benny Green (saxophonist)

Benny Green (born Bernard Green; 9 December 1927, Leeds, Yorkshire – 22 June 1998) was a British jazz saxophonist who was also known for his radio shows and books.

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Bernard Wolfe

Bernard Wolfe (August 28, 1915, New Haven, Connecticut – October 27, 1985, Calabasas, California) was an American writer.

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Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.

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Bill Challis

William H. "Bill" Challis (Jul 8, 1904, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - October 4, 1994, Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz arranger, best known for his association with the Paul Whiteman orchestra.

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Bill Evans

William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly worked in a trio setting.

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Bill Rank

Bill Rank (June 8, 1904 – May 20, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist.

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Billie Holiday

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Bix (film)

Bix is a 1991 Italian drama film about the final years of cornet player Bix Beiderbecke.

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Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival

Davenport, Iowa's annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival commemorates Bix Beiderbecke, a famous jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer who was born in Davenport in 1903.

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Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 social commentary film about teachers in an inter-racial inner-city school, based on the novel The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks. It is remembered for its innovative use of rock and roll in its soundtrack and for the unusual breakout role of a black cast member, future Oscar winner and star Sidney Poitier as a rebellious, yet musically talented student. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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Bud Freeman

Lawrence "Bud" Freeman (April 13, 1906 – March 15, 1991) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for playing the tenor saxophone, but also able at the clarinet.

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Bunny Berigan

Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan (November 2, 1908 – June 2, 1942) was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose career and influence were shortened by a losing battle with alcoholism that ended with his early death at age 33 from cirrhosis.

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C melody saxophone

The C melody saxophone is a saxophone pitched in the key of C, one whole step above the B-flat tenor saxophone.

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Calliope (music)

A calliope (see below for pronunciation) is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or more recently compressed air, through large whistles—originally locomotive whistles.

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Candlelights (song)

"Candlelights" is a 1930 jazz composition for solo piano by cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.

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Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Festival (Festival de Cannes), named until 2002 as the International Film Festival (Festival international du film) and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world.

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Carson Robison

Carson Jay Robison (-) was an American country music singer and songwriter.

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Charlie Parker

Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Chauncey Morehouse

Chauncey Morehouse (March 11, 1902 – October 31, 1980) was an American jazz drummer.

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Chet Baker

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist.

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Cincinnati

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Clara Bow

Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent film during the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" after 1927.

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Clarinet Marmalade

Clarinet Marmalade, later Clarinet Marmalade Blues, is a 1918 dixieland jazz standard composed by Larry Shields and Henry Ragas of the Original Dixieland Jass Band.

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Claude Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer.

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Claxtonola Records

Claxtonola was a jazz record label founded in 1918 by the Brenard Manufacturing Company in Iowa City, Iowa.

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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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Cool jazz

Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music that arose in the United States after World War II.

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Copenhagen (song)

Copenhagen is a jazz standard composed in 1924 by bandleader Charlie Davis and recorded in that year by the Wolverine Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke in a foxtrot tempo.

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Cornet

The cornet is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality.

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Davenport Blues

Davenport Blues is a 1925 song composed and recorded by Bix Beiderbecke and released as a Gennett 78.

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Davenport Central High School

Davenport Central High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Davenport, Iowa.

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Davenport, Iowa

Davenport is the county seat of Scott County in Iowa and is located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state.

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Delirium tremens

Delirium tremens (DTs) is a rapid onset of confusion usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol.

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Dick Sudhalter

Dick Sudhalter (December 28, 1938 – September 19, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter and writer.

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Digby Fairweather

Digby Fairweather (born 25 April 1946, Rochford, Essex, England) is a British jazz cornettist, author and broadcaster.

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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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Doc Cheatham

Adolphus Anthony Cheatham, better known as Doc Cheatham (June 13, 1905 – June 2, 1997), was a jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader.

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Don Redman

Donald Matthew Redman (July 29, 1900 – November 30, 1964) was an American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer.

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Doris Day

Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922) is an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist.

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Dorothy Baker

Dorothy Baker (April 21, 1907– June 17, 1968) was an American novelist.

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DownBeat

DownBeat (stylized DOWNBEAT) is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years.

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Eastwood Lane

Eastwood Lane (May 22, 1879 – January 22, 1951) was an American composer who wrote piano suites and ballet music.

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Eddie Condon

Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader.

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Eddie Lang

Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) is known as the father of jazz guitar.

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Edema

Edema, also spelled oedema or œdema, is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, located beneath the skin and in the cavities of the body, which can cause severe pain.

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Elijah Wald

Elijah Wald (born 1959) is an American folk blues guitarist and music historian.

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Emmett Hardy

Emmett Louis Hardy (June 12, 1903 – June 16, 1925) was a jazz cornet player during the early 1900s.

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Fats Waller

Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer.

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Ferde Grofé

Ferde Grofé (March 27, 1892 April 3, 1972) was an American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist.

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Flashes (song)

"Flashes" is a 1931 jazz composition for solo piano by cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.

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Fletcher Henderson

James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr. (December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952) was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music.

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For No Reason at All in C

"For No Reason at All in C" is a 1927 jazz instrumental by Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbauer, and Eddie Lang.

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Frank Ricotti

Frank Ricotti (born 13 January 1949 in London) is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist.

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Frank Signorelli

Frank Signorelli (May 24, 1901 – December 9, 1975) was an American jazz pianist of the 1920s.

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Frankie Trumbauer

Orie Frank Trumbauer (May 30, 1901 – June 11, 1956) was one of the leading jazz saxophonists of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Friar's Inn

Friar's Inn (also called New Friar's Inn) was a nightclub and speakeasy in Chicago, Illinois, a famed jazz music venue in the 1920s.

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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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Geoff Muldaur

Geoff Muldaur (born August 12, 1943, Pelham, New York, United States) is an American musician.

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Geoffrey Ward

Geoffrey Champion Ward (born 1940) is an American editor, author, historian and writer of scripts for American history documentaries for public television.

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George Gershwin

George Jacob Gershwin (September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist.

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Georgia on My Mind

"Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that year.

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Glenn Ford

Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-born actor who held dual Canadian and American citizenship.

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Glenn Miller

Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) The website for Arlington National Cemetery refers to Glenn Miller as "missing in action since Dec.

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Grammy Hall of Fame

The Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame to honor musical recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance.

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Graystone Ballroom

The Graystone Ballroom was a dance hall located at 4237 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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Greater Astoria Historical Society

The Greater Astoria Historical Society (GAHS) is a non-profit cultural and historical organization located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States, dedicated to preserving the past and promoting the future of the neighborhoods that are part of historic Long Island City, including the Village of Astoria, Blissville, Bowery Bay, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Ravenswood, Steinway Village, and Sunnyside.

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Hamilton, Ohio

Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the state's southwestern corner, located 20 miles north of Cincinnati.

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Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader.

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Howard "Howdy" Quicksell

Howard "Howdy" Quicksell (December 22, 1901 - October 30, 1953) was an American composer and banjoist.

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Hugues Panassié

Hugues Panassié (27 February 1912, Paris – 8 December 1974, Montauban) was an influential French critic, record producer, and impresario of traditional jazz.

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Impressionism in music

Impressionism in music was a movement among various composers in Western classical music (mainly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries) whose music focuses on suggestion and atmosphere, "conveying the moods and emotions aroused by the subject rather than a detailed tone‐picture".

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In a Mist

"In a Mist" is a 1927 song composed by Bix Beiderbecke and released as a 78 single on Okeh as a piano solo.

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In the Dark (Bix Beiderbecke song)

"In the Dark" is a 1931 jazz composition for solo piano by cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.

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Indiana University Press

Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences.

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Ira Gitler

Ira Gitler (born December 18, 1928, Brooklyn, New York) is an American jazz historian and journalist.

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ITV Yorkshire

ITV Yorkshire is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network.

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Jack Teagarden

Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (August 20, 1905 – January 15, 1964) was a jazz trombonist and singer.

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Jaco Pastorius

John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz bassist who was a member of Weather Report from 1976 to 1981.

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James P. Johnson

James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer.

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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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Jazz improvisation

Jazz improvisation, which is the making up of new melodic solo lines or accompaniment parts, is a key aspect of jazz.

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Jean Goldkette

John Jean Goldkette (March 18, 1893 – March 24, 1962) was a jazz pianist and bandleader.

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Jelly Roll Morton

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Jimmy Dorsey

James Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was a prominent American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader.

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Jimmy McPartland

James Dugald McPartland (March 15, 1907 – March 13, 1991) was an American cornetist.

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Joe Venuti

Giuseppe "Joe" Venuti (possibly September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978) was an Italian-American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist.

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Keeley Institute

The Keeley Institute, known for its Keeley Cure or Gold Cure, was a commercial medical operation that offered treatment to alcoholics from 1879 to 1965.

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Kenny Baker (trumpeter)

Kenny Baker (1 March 1921 in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire – 7 December 1999) was a player of jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn, and a composer.

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King of Jazz

King of Jazz is a 1930 American Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra.

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King Oliver

Joseph Nathan Oliver (December 19, 1885 – April 10, 1938) better known as King Oliver or Joe Oliver, was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader.

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Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, December 9, 1916) is an American actor, producer, director, and author.

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Lake Forest Academy

Lake Forest Academy (also known as LFA) is a co-educational college preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9 through 12.

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Lake Forest, Illinois

Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States.

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Larry Shields

Lawrence James "Larry" Shields (September 13, 1893 - November 21, 1953) was an early American dixieland jazz clarinetist.

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Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks.

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LeClaire Park

LeClaire Park is a public park located along the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States.

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Leon Roppolo

Leon Joseph Roppolo (March 16, 1902 – October 5, 1943) was a prominent early jazz clarinetist, best known for his playing with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.

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Leonard Feather

Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914 – 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer who was best known for his music journalism and other writing.

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List of minor planets: 23001–24000

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Lobar pneumonia

Lobar pneumonia is a form of pneumonia that affects a large and continuous area of the lobe of a lung.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.

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Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five

The Hot Five was Louis Armstrong's first jazz recording band led under his own name.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Marian McPartland

Margaret Marian McPartland, OBE (née Turner;Hasson, Claire,. PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English-American jazz pianist, composer and writer.

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Martin Williams (writer)

Martin Tudor Hansford Williams (9 August 1924, Richmond, Virginia – 11 or 12 April 1992) was an American jazz critic and writer.

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Maurice Ravel

Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.

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McKinney's Cotton Pickers

McKinney's Cotton Pickers were an African American jazz band, in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in 1926 by William McKinney, who expanded his Synco Septet to ten pieces.

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Mezz Mezzrow

Milton Mesirow (November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972), better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois.

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Michael Brooks (music historian)

Michael Brooks is a music historian, archivist, consultant, and producer.

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Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz (born Manó Kaminer; December 24, 1886 April 11, 1962) was a Hungarian-born American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history.

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Nat Hentoff

Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff (June 10, 1925 – January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media.

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National Book Award

The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards.

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National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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New Orleans Rhythm Kings

The New Orleans Rhythm Kings (NORK) were one of the most influential jazz bands of the early to mid-1920s.

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Nick LaRocca

Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca (April 11, 1889 – February 22, 1961), was an early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band.

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Oakdale Memorial Gardens

Oakdale Memorial Gardens, formerly Oakdale Cemetery, is located in east-central Davenport, Iowa, United States.

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Okeh Records

Okeh Records is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918.

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Ol' Man River

"Ol' Man River" (music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) is a show tune from the 1927 musical Show Boat that contrasts the struggles and hardships of African Americans with the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River.

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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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Otis Ferguson

Otis Ferguson (August 14, 1907 – September 14, 1943) was an American writer best remembered for his music and film reviews in The New Republic in the 1930s.

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Otto von Bismarck

Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890.

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Paul Mares

Paul Mares (June 15, 1900 – August 18, 1949), was an American early dixieland jazz cornet & trumpet player, and leader of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.

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Paul Whiteman

Paul Samuel Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist.

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Pee Wee Russell

Charles Ellsworth "Pee Wee" Russell (March 27, 1906 – February 15, 1969), was a jazz musician.

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Playing by ear

Playing by ear is the ability of an instrumental musician to reproduce a piece of music they have heard, without having observed another musician play it or having seen the sheet music notation.

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Pupi Avati

Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Queens Hospital Center

Queens Hospital Center (QHC), also known as NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens and originally called Queens General Hospital, is a large public hospital campus in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

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Ramona (song)

"Ramona" is a 1928 song, with lyrics written by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music by Mabel Wayne.

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Randy Sandke

Jay Randall Sandke (born May 5, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz trumpeter and guitarist.

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Rex Stewart

Rex William Stewart (February 22, 1907 – September 7, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist best remembered for his work with the Duke Ellington orchestra.

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Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.

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Riverboat Shuffle

"Riverboat Shuffle" is a popular song composed by Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Mills and Dick Voynow, and with lyrics added later by Carmichael and Mitchell Parish.

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Rockin' Chair (1929 song)

"Rockin' Chair" is a 1929 popular song with music composed by Hoagy Carmichael.

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Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850.

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Roseland Ballroom

The Roseland Ballroom was a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theater district, on West 52nd Street in Manhattan.

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Russ Morgan

Russ Morgan (April 29, 1904 – August 7, 1969) was a big band orchestra leader and musical arranger in the.

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Ry Cooder

Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, and record producer.

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Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an African American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.

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Sidney Poitier

Sir Sidney Poitier, (born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat.

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Singin' the Blues (1920 song)

"Singin' the Blues" is a 1920 jazz composition by J. Russel Robinson, Con Conrad, Sam M. Lewis, and Joe Young.

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Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment (SME) is a Japanese-owned global music conglomerate owned by Sony and incorporated as a general partnership of Sony Music Holdings Inc. through Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. (in Japanese), Sony Corporation The company was first founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture called Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the SME name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, including former Columbia Pictures subsidiary Arista Records as well as RCA Records, and led to the dissolution of BMG, which instead relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Sony Music Entertainment is the second largest of the "Big Three" record companies in the world, behind Universal Music Group (UMG) and ahead of Warner Music Group (WMG). Sony's music publishing division is the world's largest music publisher after the acquisition of EMI. It also owns SYCO Entertainment, which operates some of the world's most successful reality TV format including Got Talent and The X Factor.

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South Side, Chicago

The South Side is a region of the city of Chicago.

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Speakeasy

A speakeasy, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, is an illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages.

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Stardust (song)

"Stardust" is a popular song composed in 1927 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish.

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Suite (music)

A suite, in Western classical music and jazz, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/concert band pieces.

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Sunnyside, Queens

Sunnyside is a middle-class neighborhood in the Western portion of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Ted Gioia

Ted Gioia (born 21 October 1957) is an American jazz critic and music historian who wrote The History of Jazz and Delta Blues, both selected as notable books of the year by The New York Times.

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Terry Teachout

Terry Teachout (born February 6, 1956) is an American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Beiderbecke Affair

The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits in British television since the 1960s included the four-part mini series Get Lost! for ITV in 1981.

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The Beiderbecke Connection

The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988.

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The Beiderbecke Tapes

The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part British television drama serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987.

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The Beiderbecke Trilogy

The Beiderbecke Trilogy refers to three television serials written by Alan Plater and made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in the United Kingdom between 1984 and 1988.

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The New Republic

The New Republic is a liberal American magazine of commentary on politics and the arts, published since 1914, with influence on American political and cultural thinking.

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The Wolverines (jazz band)

The Wolverines (also Wolverine Orchestra, Wolverines Orchestra, The Original Wolverines) were an American jazz band.

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Tiger Rag

"Tiger Rag" is a jazz standard, originally recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917.

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Timbre

In music, timbre (also known as tone color or tone quality from psychoacoustics) is the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound or tone.

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Together (1928 song)

"Together" is a 1928 popular song with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown.

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Tom Delaney (songwriter)

Tom Delaney (September 14, 1889 – December 16, 1963) was an African-American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer, who wrote a number of popular songs, mainly in the 1920s.

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Traditional pop music

Traditional pop (also classic pop or pop standards) is music that was recorded or performed after the Big Band era and before the advent of rock music.

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University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press is the largest and one of the oldest university presses in the United States.

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University Press of Mississippi

The University Press of Mississippi, founded in 1970, is a publisher that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi.

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Victor Talking Machine Company

The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American record company and phonograph manufacturer headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

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Wall Street Crash of 1929

The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday (October 29), the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929 ("Black Thursday"), and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its after effects.

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Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" is a popular song with music by John Turner Layton, Jr.

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Wilbur Hatch

Wilbur Hatch (May 24, 1902 – December 22, 1969), was an American music composer who worked primarily in radio and television.

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Young Man with a Horn (film)

Young Man with a Horn is a 1950 musical drama film based on a novel of the same name by Dorothy Baker inspired by the life of Bix Beiderbecke, the jazz cornetist.

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Young Man with a Horn (novel)

Young Man with a Horn is a 1938 novel by Dorothy Baker that is loosely based on the real life of jazz cornet player Bix Beiderbecke.

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References

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

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