Jimmy Yancey
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James Edward Yancey was an American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist. One reviewer described him as "one of the pioneers of this raucous, rapid-fire, eight-to-the-bar piano style".
Yancey's grave at Lincoln Cemetery
Lincoln Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois, United States. Near Chicago, the cemetery is about 112 acres with over 16,000 interments.
Jimmy Yancey
…groundskeeper for the Chicago White Sox. Jimmy Yancey died of a diabetes-induced stroke in his native Chicago on September 17, 1951, and was buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. 1974, The Immortal Jimmy Yancey 1898–1951, Oldie Blues, OL 2802…
Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL front gate