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Jazz Gillum

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Jazz Gillum

American blues harmonica player (1904–1966)

Person

Born: 1904-09-11
Died: 1966-03-29

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1904-09-11
Active to: 1966-03-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

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

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,739x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,736x
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,786x
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,581x
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,087x

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Key dates

Born: 11 September 1904
Died: 29 March 1966

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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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