Smith, Jabbo, 1908-1991
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Cladys "Jabbo" Smith was born in Claxton, Ga.; Smith received his musical education at the Jenkins Orphanage in Charleston, S.C.; a brass player, singer and composer, Smith has been called "The Trumpet Ace of the '20's"--Thought by some jazz historians to have been Louis Armstrong's only serious competition in the late-1920s and early-1930s; Smith died 16 Jan. 1991, in Manhattan at age 82.
"Jabbo" Smith, born Cladys Smith in 1908 in Pembroke, Georgia, was an African-American jazz trumpeter, trombonist and singer. He died in St. Louis in 1991.
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African American musicians
African American musicians
African Americans
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz festivals
Jazz musicians
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Trumpet with jazz ensemble
Trumptet music (Jazz)
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Americans
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Jazz musicians
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South Carolina--Charleston
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United States
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Charleston (S.C.)
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Europe
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New York (State)--New York
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Milwaukee (Wis.)
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