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This is a pretty high-powered group of white musicians, along with Don Redman who is the composer, arranger and plays clarinet and alto sax. George Thomas of McKinney's Cotton Pickers does the vocal and plays tenor sax.
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Daisy Martin, like other early black female singers, was a veteran of vaudeville, tent shows and musical theatre. She was among the first wave of vaudeville/blues shouters to record, but only recorded 16 sides. Daisy has a forceful and penetrating voice with a fair amount of vibrato. </sp...
Mezz Mezzrow, author of the most unique autobiography in jazz, earns a prominent mention in the conversation about interracial sessions. In the 1930's, other bandleaders seeded their orchestras with one star black performer, but Mezzrow was the first person to create ...
This Teddy Wilson-Billie Holiday session features white musicians Tom Mace on clarinet and Dave Barbour on guitar. Dave Barbour shows up on a lot of 1930's sessions then joins Benny Goodman's band in 1942, where he meets and marries singer Peggy Lee. The tunes they wrote together include "It's A Good Day" and color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)" style="background-color: whit...
