Jeanette Kimball

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, with Kimball on piano, playing in New Orleans

Jeanette Kimball (18 December 1906 – 28 March 2001), née Jeanette Salvant, was a classically trained[1] American jazz pianist who played in jazz bands for more than 70 years, mostly in New Orleans.[2] She received the Black Men of Labor Jazz Legacy Award in 1998.

  1. ^ Sally Newhart (2013). The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band: More Than a Century of a New Orleans Icon. The History Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-62619-007-8.
  2. ^ Vacher, Peter (April 20, 2001). "Jeanette Kimball". The Guardian (obituary). Retrieved June 23, 2014.