James Reese Europe | |
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Also known as | Lieut. Jim Europe |
Born | Mobile, Alabama, US | February 22, 1880
Died | May 9, 1919 Boston, Massachusetts, US | (aged 39)
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Instrument(s) | Violin, piano |
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James Reese Europe (February 22, 1880[1] – May 9, 1919) was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer. He was the leading figure on the African-American music scene of New York City in the 1910s. Eubie Blake called him the "Martin Luther King of music".[2]