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James "Bubber" Miley

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James Wesley "Bubber" Miley (April 3, 1903 – May 20, 1932) was an American early jazz trumpet and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute. [1]

85 relations: A Decade of Steely Dan, Arthur Whetsol, Bernard Addison, Bill Benford, Billy Higgins (vaudeville), Black and Tan (film), Black and Tan Fantasy, Blackbirds of 1928, Bubber, Charles Mingus, Charlie Irvis, Check and Double Check, Citizen Steely Dan, Coleman Hawkins, Cootie Williams, Cornet, Duke Dreams, Duke Ellington, Duke's in Bed, Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington, East St. Louis Toodle-Oo, Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur, Ellington '55, Ellington Is Forever, Elmer Snowden, Everett Robbins, Greatest Hits (Steely Dan album), Growling (wind instruments), Hazel Meyers, Helen Gross, Historically Speaking (Duke Ellington album), Hoagy Carmichael, Homage to Duke, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection, Jazz, Jelly Roll Morton, Joe Steele (musician), Johnny Dunn, Kitty Brown, Leo Reisman, Lillian Goodner, List of 1920s jazz standards, List of jazz trumpeters, List of nicknames of jazz musicians, List of stage names, List of trumpeters, List of tuberculosis cases, List of years in jazz, Live at the Blue Note (Duke Ellington album), ..., Live at the Whitney, Louis Metcalf, Mamie Smith, Margaret Johnson, Margaret Johnson (pianist), Martha Copeland, May 1932, Miley (surname), Monette Moore, Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk, Music of South Carolina, Once Upon a Time (Earl Hines album), Perry Bradford, Phantasies (album), Pretzel Logic, Rockin' in Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington, Sobriquet, Solo (Vijay Iyer album), Steely Dan, The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943, The Cotton Club (soundtrack), The Great Paris Concert, The Mooche, The Popular Duke Ellington, The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, Timeline of music in the United States (1920–49), Tricky Sam Nanton, Ward Pinkett, Zutty Singleton, 1903 in jazz, 1903 in music, 1920s in jazz, 1926 in music, 1932 in jazz, 1932 in music. Expand index (35 more) »

A Decade of Steely Dan

A Decade of Steely Dan is a compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1985.

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Arthur Whetsol

Arthur Parker Whetsel (February 22, 1905 – May 1, 1940) was an early "sweet" trumpeter for Duke Ellington's Washingtonians.

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Bernard Addison

Bernard Sylvester Addison (April 15, 1905 – December 18, 1990) was a jazz guitarist.

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Bill Benford

Bill Benford (c. 1902 – before 1994) was an American jazz double-bassist and tubist.

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Billy Higgins (vaudeville)

William Weldon "Billy" Higgins (June 9, 1888 – April 19, 1937) was an American vaudeville entertainer, comedian, singer and songwriter — critically acclaimed, and is historically chronicled, as one of the most popular stage comedians of the 1920s.

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Black and Tan (film)

Black and Tan (1929) is a musical short film written and directed by Dudley Murphy about a couple in the performing arts; it is set during the contemporary Harlem Renaissance in New York City.

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Black and Tan Fantasy

"Black and Tan Fantasy" is a 1927 jazz composition by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley.

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Blackbirds of 1928

Blackbirds of 1928 was a hit Broadway musical revue that starred Adelaide Hall, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Tim Moore and Aida Ward, with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.

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Bubber

Bubber is a nickname and surname which may refer to: People.

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Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader.

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Charlie Irvis

Charlie Irvis (May 6, 1899, New York City – 1939) was an American jazz trombonist, best known for performing in Duke Ellington's band.

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Check and Double Check

Check and Double Check is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures and based on the top-rated Amos 'n' Andy radio show.

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Citizen Steely Dan

Citizen Steely Dan is a four-CD box set compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1993.

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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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Cootie Williams

Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.

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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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Duke Dreams

Duke Dreams (subtitled The Legacy of Strayhorn-Ellington) is an album of solo piano performances of material written by or associated with Duke Ellington by the American jazz pianist Ran Blake recorded in 1981 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

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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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Duke's in Bed

Duke's in Bed is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges with members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Verve label.

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Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington

Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington is a compilation double album set featuring solo recordings by pianist Earl Hines performing compositions by Duke Ellington which were originally released as a series of four LPs that Hines recorded for the Master Jazz label in four separate sessions between 1971 and 1975 and rereleased on the New World label on LP in 1988 and on CD in 1992.

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East St. Louis Toodle-Oo

"East St Louis Toodle-Oo" (also "Toodle-O") is a composition written by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley and recorded several times by Ellington for various labels from 1926-1930 under various titles.

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Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur

Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur is a 1967 live album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the big band of Duke Ellington.

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Ellington '55

Ellington '55 is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Capitol label in 1953 and 1954 and released in 1955.

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Ellington Is Forever

Ellington Is Forever is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1975 and released on the Fantasy Records label.

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Elmer Snowden

Elmer Chester Snowden (October 9, 1900 – May 14, 1973) was a banjo player of the jazz age.

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Everett Robbins

Everett "Happy" Robbins was a Chicago-based pianist, Retrieved 15 May 2013.

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Greatest Hits (Steely Dan album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1978.

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Growling (wind instruments)

Woodwind growling is a musical technique where the instrumentalist vocalizes into the instrument to alter quality of the sound.

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Hazel Meyers

Hazel Meyers was an American classic female blues and country blues singer.

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Helen Gross

Helen Gross (born Hellen R. Gross, May 1896 – unknown) was an American classic female blues singer, active as a recording artist in the mid-1920s.

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Historically Speaking (Duke Ellington album)

Historically Speaking is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Bethlehem label in 1956.

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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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Homage to Duke

Homage to Duke is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1993, recorded for GRP Records, and is Grusin's interpretation of Duke Ellington's music.

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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington, whose lyrics were written by Irving Mills.

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It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection

It’s De Lovely – The Authentic Cole Porter Collection is a 2004 compilation album featuring music by American composer Cole Porter presented by Bluebird Records.

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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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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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Joe Steele (musician)

Joseph Alexander Ellis, better known as Joe Steele (December 17, 1899, Savannah, Georgia - February 5, 1964, New York City) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.

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Johnny Dunn

Johnny Dunn (February 19, 1897 – August 20, 1937) was an American traditional jazz trumpeter and vaudeville performer, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Kitty Brown

Catherine Brown, known as Kitty Brown (born October 1899, died after 1990), was an American classic female blues singer.

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Leo Reisman

Leo (F.) Reisman (October 11, 1897 - December 18, 1961) was an American violinist and bandleader in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Lillian Goodner

Lillian Goodner (1896 – 1994) was an African-American blues singer, who performed in the classic female blues style popular during the 1920s.

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List of 1920s jazz standards

Jazz standards are musical compositions that are widely known, performed and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire.

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List of jazz trumpeters

This is an alphabetical list of jazz trumpeters for whom Wikipedia has articles.

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List of nicknames of jazz musicians

Nicknames are common among jazz musicians. Nicknames and sobriquets can also sometimes become stage names, and there are several cases of performers being known almost exclusively by their nicknames as opposed to their given names.

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List of stage names

This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname, followed by their birth name.

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List of trumpeters

This article lists notable musicians who have played the trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn.

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List of tuberculosis cases

This is a list of famous people and celebrities who had, or are believed to have had tuberculosis, also known as consumption.

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List of years in jazz

This page indexes the individual year in jazz pages.

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Live at the Blue Note (Duke Ellington album)

Live at the Blue Note is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at The Blue Note nightclub in Chicago for the Roulette label in 1959.

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Live at the Whitney

Live at the Whitney is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1972 and released on the Impulse! label in 1995.

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Louis Metcalf

Louis Metcalf (February 28, 1905 - October 27, 1981) was a jazz cornetist and trumpeter.

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Mamie Smith

Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, c. 1883 – September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist and actress.

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Margaret Johnson

Margaret Johnson was an American blues and early jazz vocalist and pianist.

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Margaret Johnson (pianist)

Margaret Johnson (1919 – 1939), was an American jazz pianist who accompanied many famous jazz musicians of the 1930s.

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Martha Copeland

Martha Copeland (born c. 1891–1894; date of death unknown) was an American classic female blues singer.

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May 1932

The following events occurred in May 1932.

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Miley (surname)

Miley is an English, Irish, and American family name.

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Monette Moore

Monette Moore (May 19, 1902 in Gainesville, Texas – October 21, 1962 in Garden Grove, California) was an American jazz and classic female blues singer.

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Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk

Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet.

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Music of South Carolina

South Carolina is one of the Southern United States and has produced a number of renowned performers of jazz, rock, blues, R&B, country, bluegrass and other popular styles.

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Once Upon a Time (Earl Hines album)

Once Upon a Time is a 1966 studio album by Earl Hines, accompanied by members of the Duke Ellington orchestra.

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Perry Bradford

Perry Bradford (February 14, 1893, Montgomery, Alabama – April 20, 1970, New York City) was an African-American composer, songwriter, and vaudeville performer.

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Phantasies (album)

Phantasies is an album by the American jazz pianist Jaki Byard with the Apollo Stompers, recorded in 1984 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

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Pretzel Logic

Pretzel Logic is the third studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released on February 20, 1974, by ABC Records.

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Rockin' in Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington

Rockin' in Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington is an album by jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli celebrating the music of Duke Ellington.

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Sobriquet

A sobriquet or soubriquet is a nickname, sometimes assumed, but often given by another.

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Solo (Vijay Iyer album)

Solo is a solo album by pianist Vijay Iyer recorded in 2010 and released on the ACT label.

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Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972.

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The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943

The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York City in 1943 and released on the Prestige label in 1977.

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The Cotton Club (soundtrack)

The Cotton Club is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name.

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The Great Paris Concert

The Great Paris Concert is a 1973 live double album by jazz legend Duke Ellington preserving pieces of a series of performances given in Paris during February 1963.

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The Mooche

"The Mooche" is an American jazz song, composed in 1928 by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills.

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The Popular Duke Ellington

The Popular Duke Ellington is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring many of the tunes associated with his orchestra rerecorded in 1966 and released on the RCA label in 1967.

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The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz

The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz is a six-LP box set released in 1973 by the Smithsonian Institution.

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Timeline of music in the United States (1920–49)

This is a timeline of music in the United States from 1920 to 1949.

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Tricky Sam Nanton

Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (February 1, 1904 – July 20, 1946) was an American trombonist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

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Ward Pinkett

William Ward Pinkett, Jr. (April 29, 1906—March 15, 1937) was an American jazz trumpeter remembered for playing two notable solos in recordings by jazz pianist and bandleader Jelly Roll Morton.

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Zutty Singleton

Arthur James "Zutty" Singleton (May 14, 1898 – July 14, 1975) was an American jazz drummer.

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1903 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1903.

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1903 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1903.

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1920s in jazz

The period from the end of the First World War until the start of the Depression in 1929 is known as the "Jazz Age".

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1926 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1926.

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1932 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1932.

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1932 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1932.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_"Bubber"_Miley

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