Claude Hopkins
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Claude Driskett Hopkins was an American jazz stride pianist and bandleader.
Claude Hopkins
Edmond Hall
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Edmond Hall was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Over his career, Hall worked extensively with many leading performers as both a sideman and bandleader and is possibly best known for the 1
Claude Hopkins
…again for New York City where he took over the band of Charlie Skeets. At this time (1932–36), he led a Harlem band employing jazz musicians such as Edmond Hall, Fred Norman, Jabbo Smith and Vic Dickenson (although his records were arranged to feature his piano more than his band). This was his most successful…
Replace this image Ed Hall Solo 1956
At the Café Society, from left: Joe Williams, Andy Kirk, Edmond Hall, and John Hammond
Hall on a beach in Ghana, 1950
Hall in Czechoslovakia, 1962