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Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, Afric
Hubert Giraud
…pronunciation: ; 3 March 1920 – 16 January 2016) was a French composer and lyricist. Giraud began his career playing the harmonica with Django Reinhardt's jazz group, the Quintette du Hot Club de France. In 1941, he was recruited by Ray Ventura to play the guitar during Ventura's big-band tour of South America…
Albert Gleizes, 1915, Composition for "Jazz" from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Billie Davies, an avant-garde jazz drummer
Ethel Waters sang "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club.
Al Jolson in 1925