Serenaders
121Sam Lanin — (September 4, 1891 May 5, 1977) was an American jazz bandleader.Lanin s brothers, Howard and Lester, were also bandleaders, and all of them had sustained, successful careers in music. Lanin was one of ten children born to Russian Jewish… …
122Gene Ramey — (April 4 1913 December 8 1984) was an American jazz double bassist.Ramey was born in Austin, Texas, and played trumpet in college, but switched to sousaphone when playing with George Corley s Royal Aces, The Moonlight Serenaders, and Terrence… …
123Sterling Bose — Sterling Belmont Bozo Bose (September 23, 1906, Florence, Alabama June 1958, St. Petersburg, Florida) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist. His style was heavily influenced by Bix Beiderbecke and changed little over the course of his life …
124Alex Hill — (1906 1937) was an American jazz pianist.Hill was a child prodigy on piano, which he learned from his mother. While studying at Shorter College he met Alphonse Trent, and began arranging material for him. He graduated in 1922 and played in… …
125Jimmy O'Bryant — (1896?, Arkansas or Kentucky June 24, 1928, Chicago) was an American jazz clarinetist, often compared to Johnny Dodds.O Bryant played with the Tennessee Ten in 1920 21, then in a group with Jelly Roll Morton and W.C.Handy in 1923. In 1924 he… …
126Skeets Tolbert — Campbell Aurelius Skeets Tolbert (February 14, 1909, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina November 30, 2000, Houston, Texas) was an American jazz clarinetist, alto saxophonist, and bandleader.Tolbert grew up in Lincolntown, North Carolina, and studied… …
127Paul Howard (musician) — Paul Leroy Ox Blood Howard (September 20, 1895, Steubenville, Ohio February 18, 1980, Los Angeles) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.Howard began on cornet, and also played oboe, bassoon, flute, and piano, but concentrated on tenor …
128Ernest Hill — Ernest Bass Hill (March 14, 1900, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 16, 1964, New York City) was an American jazz double bassist.Hill played from 1924 with Claude Hopkins, and remained with him on a tour of Europe with Josephine Baker the… …
