Red Allen

Red Allen

male, deceased (1967)
Dixieland jazz musician, New Orleans jazz musician, American jazz trumpeter, KingOliver, mississippi river, jazz
Henry "Red" Allen (January 7, 1906 or 1908 (see talk) - April 17, 1967) was a jazz trumpeter. Henry James Allen was born in the Algiers...
Luis Russell

Luis Russell

male, deceased (1963)
Big band pianist, Classic jazz pianist, Swing pianist, New Orleans jazz musician, American jazz bandleader, American…KingOliver
Luis Russell was a jazz pianist and bandleader. Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of...
Bennie Moten

Bennie Moten

male, deceased (1935)
boogie woogie, ragtime, riffing, Vernon Page, basie, tuba…KingOliver
Bennie Moten was a noted American jazz pianist and band leader born in Kansas City, Missouri. He led the Kansas City Orchestra, the most important...
Pops Foster

Pops Foster

male, deceased (1969)
New Orleans jazz musician, baton rouge, from New Orleans, jazz musician, from Louisiana, banjo…KingOliver
George Murphy "Pops" Foster (May 19, 1892 - October 29, 1969) was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass. He also...
Omer Simeon

Omer Simeon

male, deceased (1959)
Swing clarinetist, Dixieland saxophonist, Dixieland clarinetist, Swing saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist, American jazz saxophonist…KingOliver
Omer Victor Simeon (21 July, 1902 - 17 September, 1959) was an American jazz clarinetist. He also played soprano, alto, and baritone saxophone and...
Jimmy Archey

Jimmy Archey

male, deceased (1967)
Trombonist, jazz, American, Virginia musician, KingOliver, big bands
Jimmy Archey (12 October 1902-16 November 1967) was an American jazz trombonist born in Norfolk, Virginia, perhaps most noteworthy for his work in...
Victoria Spivey

Victoria Spivey

female, deceased (1976)
Vaudeville performer, Classic female blues singer, depression, Blues musician, Blues singer, American…KingOliver
Victoria Spivey (1906-1976) was an American blues singer. She was born October 15, 1906, the daughter of Grant and Addie (Smith) Spivey. Her father...

Carroll Dickerson

male, deceased (1957)
Bandleader, violinist, Jazz violinist, jazz, dixieland, KingOliver
Carroll Dickerson (c. 1895-October, 1957) was a Chicago and New York-based dixieland jazz violinist and bandleader, probably better known for his...
George Wettling

George Wettling

male, deceased (1968)
Dixieland jazz musician, American jazz drummer, cornet, cubist, Clarinetist, jazz…KingOliver
George Wettling (November 28, 1907 - June 6, 1968) was an American jazz drummer. He was one of the young white Chicagoans who fell in love with...
Benny Waters

Benny Waters

male, deceased (1998)
new england conservatory of music, KingOliver, American jazz saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist, Classic jazz clarinetist, Swing saxophonist
Benny Waters (born Benjamin Waters on January 23, 1902 near Baltimore, Maryland; died August 11, 1998 in Columbia, Maryland) was a jazz saxophonist...