Black music biography : an annotated bibliography
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  Anderson, Marian (b. 1897 d. 1993) |   accordion, chanteur |
  Armstrong, Louis (b. 1900) |   cast, composer |
  Bailey, Pearl (Mae) (b. 1918 d. 1990) |   cast, singer |
  Baker, Josephine (b. 1906 d. 1975) |   cast, singer |
  Basie, [William] (b. 1904 d. 1984) |   bandleader, composer |
  Bechet, Sidney (Joseph) (b. 1897 d. 1959) |   clarinet, saxophone |
  Belafonte, Harry [Harold George] (b. 1927) |   calypso singer, cast |
  Berry, Chuck (b. 1926) |   composer, lyricist |
  Blake, Eubie [James Hubert] (b. 1883 d. 1983) |   cast, composer |
  Bland, James Allen (b. 1854 d. 1911) |   minstrel show musician, professor |
  Blind Tom (b. 1849 d. 1908) |   piano |
  Bolden, Buddy [Charles King] (b. 1877 d. 1931) |   cornet, bandleader |
  Boone, Blind [John William] (b. 1864 d. 1927) |   piano, composer |
  Bradford, Perry [John Henry Perry} (b. 1893 d. 1970) |   lyricist, piano |
  Bricktop (b. 1884 d. 1984) |   singer |
  Broonzy, Big Bill (b. 1893 d. 1958) |   blues singer, guitar |
  Calloway, Cab [Cabell] (b. 1907 a. 1930-1945) |   bandleader, cast |
  Carter, Benny (b. 1907) |   alto saxophone, clarinet |
  Charles, Ray (b. 1930) |   direttore d'orchestre, piano |
  Cole, Nat King (b. 1917 d. 1965) |   composer, lyricist |
  Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (b. 1875 d. 1912) |   composer |
  Collins, Lee (b. 1901 d. 1960) |   trumpet |
  Coltrane, John (William) (b. 1926 d. 1967) |   alto sax, soprano sax |
  Crouch, Andre Edward (b. 1942) |   composer, gospel singer |
  Dabney, Wendell Phillips (b. 1865 d. 1952) |   writer, studio teacher |
  Dandridge, Dorothy (b. >1923 d. 1965) |   cast, singer |
  Davis, Miles (Dewey) (b. 1926 d. 1991) |   piano, tromba |
  Davis, Sammy (b. 1925 d. 1990) |   cast, music director for George Rhodes |
  Dett, Robert Nathaniel (Farbiger) (b. 1882 d. 1943) |   composer, teacher |
  Dodds, Baby (b. 1898 d. 1959) |   drummer, drums |
  Dodds, Johnny [John M.] (b. 1892 d. 1940) |   clarinet, alto saxophone |
  Dolphy, Eric (Allan) (b. 1928 d. 1964) |   alto saxophone, flute |
  Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) |   composer, direttore d'orchestra |
  Fletcher, Tom (b. 1873 d. 1954) |   entertainer |
  Foster, Pops (b. 1892 d. 1969) |   double bass |
  Garner, Erroll (Louis) (b. 1921 d. 1977) |   musicista, piano |
  Gaye, Marvin (b. 1939 d. 1984) |   composer, lyricist |
  Gillespie, Dizzy [John Birks] (b. 1917) |   tromba, trumpet |
  Gonzales, Babs (b. 1919 d. 1980) |   piano, vocals |
  Gordon, Taylor (b. 1893 d. 1971) |   cast, tenor |
  Handy, W.C. [William Christopher] (b. 1873 d. 1958) |   additional Music, cast |
  Harrison, Hazel (Lucile) (b. 1883 d. 1969) |   piano |
  Hawes, Hampton [Hamp] (b. 1928 d. 1977) |   jazz piano, piano |
  Hawkins, Coleman (Randolph) (b. 1904 d. 1969) |   clarinet, tenor sax |
  Hayes, Roland (b. 1887 d. 1976) |   tenor, vocals |
  Henderson, Fletcher [James Fletcher] (b. 1898 d. 1952) |   arranger, bandleader |
  Hendrix, Jimi [James Marshall] (b. 1942 d. 1970) |   guitar, rock singer |
  Holiday, Billie (b. 1915 d. 1959) |   musicisti, singer |
  Horne, Lena (b. 1917 a. 1943) |   cast, singer |
  Jackson, Mahalia (b. 1911 d. 1972) |   gospel singer, vocals |
  Jackson, Michael (b. 1958) |   singer, songwriter |
  Jenkins, Edmund Thornton (b. 1894 d. 1926) |   composer, reeds |
  Johnson, Bunk (b. 1879 d. 1949) |   trumpet |
  Johnson, James Weldon (b. 1871 d. 1938) |   composer, lyricist |
  Johnson, Tommy (b. 1896 d. 1956) |   bass, blues singer |
  Jones, Bessie (b. 1902 d. 1984) |   folksinger |
  Joplin, Scott (b. 1868 d. 1917) |   composer, librettist |
  King, B.B. (b. 1925) |   blues singer, guitar |
  Kitt, Eartha Mae (b. 1928 a. 1953) |   cabaret singer, cast |
  Lewis, George (Louis Francis) (b. 1900 d. 1968) |   clarinet, piano |
  Little Richard (b. 1935) |   composer, lyricist |
  Marley, Bob (b. 1945 d. 1981) |   entertainer, reggae musician |
  Mingus, Charles (b. 1922 d. 1979) |   bass (instrument), bass |
  Morton, Jelly Roll (b. 1885 d. 1941) |   composer, music based on |
  Oliver, King [Joseph] (b. 1885 d. 1938) |   composer, cornet |
  Parker, Charlie [Charles Christopher] (b. 1920 d. 1955) |   alto saxophone |
  Patton, Charley (b. 1887 d. 1934) |   blues singer, blues guitar |
  Price, Leontyne [Mary Violet Leontyne] (b. 1927) |   Sanger, soprano |
  Prince (b. 1960) |   rock singer, songwriter |
  Rainey, Ma (b. 1886 d. 1939) |   blues singer, composer |
  Redding, Otis (b. 1941 d. 1967) |   composer, lyricist |
  Richie, Lionel (Brockman) (b. 1949) |   soul singer, songwriter |
  Robeson, Paul (b. 1898 d. 1976) |   bass-baritone, cast |
  Rollins, Sonny (b. 1930) |   tenor saxophone |
  Ross, Diana (b. 1944) |   soul singer |
  Schuyler, Philippa Duke (b. 1932 d. 1967) |   piano, composer |
  Short, Bobby (b. 1926) |   cabaret singer, piano |
  Sissle, Noble (Lee) (b. 1889 d. 1975) |   cast, composer |
  Smith, Bessie (b. 1894 d. 1937) |   blues singer |
  Smith, Willie "the Lion" (b. 1897 d. 1973) |   jazz piano, piano |
  Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978) |   arranger, composer |
  Summer, Donna (b. 1948) |   composer, lyricist |
  Waller, Fats [Thomas Wright] (b. 1904 d. 1943) |   cast, composer |
  Waters, Ethel (b. 1900 d. 1977) |   actress, cast |
  Wells, Dickie [William] (b. 1907 d. 1985) |   cast, trombone |
  Williams, Bert (b. 1874 d. 1922) |   cast, comedian |
  Wonder, Stevie (b. 1950) |   composer, harmonica |