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Jazz Gillum
Sign in to saveAlso known as William McKinley Gillum
American blues harmonica player (1904–1966)
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Vinony's link graph records 35 inbound references to Jazz Gillum, and connects out to Chicago, International Standard Book Number and harmonica.
Vinony files it under 1900s births, 1966 deaths and 20th-century African-American musicians.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1904
- Active to
- 1966
Discography
- Reckless Rider Blues / Look on Yonder Wall1946
- Blues by Jazz Gillum1961
- Complete Recorded Works 1936-1949 in Chronological Order, Vol. 4: 18 February 1946 to 25 January 19491993
- Complete Recorded Works 1936-1949 in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 3 April 1936 to 16 December 19381993
- Complete Recorded Works 1936-1949 in Chronological Order, Volume 2: 16 December 1938 to 4 July 19411993
- Complete Recorded Works 1936-1949 in Chronological Order, Volume 3: 4 July 1941 to 18 February 19461993
- Key to the Highway 1935-19421995
- The Bluebird Recordings 1934 - 19381997
- The Blues: Harmonica Chicago Blues 1934–19471998
- Take One More Chance With Me2003
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- Listeners
- 6,811
- Total plays
- 30,739
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William McKinley Gillum (11 September 1904 - 29 March 1966), known as Jazz Gillum, was an American blues harmonica player. He was born in Indianola, Mississippi. After running away from home at the age of 7, Bill Gillum spent the next few years in Charleston, Mississippi, working and playing for tips on local street corners. He moved to Chicago in 1923, meeting up with guitarist Big Bill Broonzy. The duo started working club dates around the city and, by 1934, Gillum started recording for ARC a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Indianola
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Chicago blues
- Instrument
- harmonica
- Record label
- American Record Corporation
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- date of birth
- 1904-09-11
- date of death
- 1966-03-29
- start of work period
- 1923-00-00
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