Lucky Millinder

Lucky Millinder

male, deceased (1966)
Lucius Venable "Lucky" Millinder, American jazz bandleader, "the greatest big band to play rhythm and blues", big band, swing music, jazz musician…Rhythm and blues singer, rhythm and blues, MillsBlueRhythmBand
Lucius Venable "Lucky" Millinder was an American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader. Although he could not read or write music, did not play an...
Billy Kyle

Billy Kyle

male, deceased (1966)
from Philadelphia, pianist, Accompanist, jazz, Pennsylvania musician, William Osborne "Billy" Kyle…MillsBlueRhythmBand
William Osborne "Billy" Kyle (July 14, 1914 - February 23, 1966) was an American jazz pianist. Kyle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He...
Sweets Edison

Sweets Edison

male, deceased (1999)
Swing trumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra member, MillsBlueRhythmBand, American jazz trumpeter, Jammin' the Blues
Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 - July 27, 1999), was born in Columbus, Ohio. He spent his early childhood in Kentucky, where he was...

Charlie Holmes

male, deceased (1985)
jazz musician, Jazz saxophonist, clarinet, American, swing, oboe…MillsBlueRhythmBand
Charlie Holmes (died September 19, 1985 in Stoughton, Massachusetts) was an alto jazz saxophonist of the swing era. He also played clarinet in jazz...

O'Neill Spencer

male, deceased (1944)
Tuberculosis, jazz drummer, death by tuberculosis, MillsBlueRhythmBand, John Kirby, William "O'Neill" Spencer
William "O'Neill" Spencer (born November 25, 1909; died July 24, 1944) was a jazz drummer and singer. He is most known for his work in the John...