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Vinony's link graph records 265 inbound references to Mezz Mezzrow, and connects out to Paris, New York City and Chicago.
It is catalogued under topics including 1899 births, 1972 deaths and 20th-century American Jews.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1899-11-09
- Died
- 1972-08-05
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Really the blues
- Min aske til de sorte
- LA RAGE DE VIVRE
- La rage de vivre
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1899-11-09
- Active to
- 1972-08-05
Discography
- “Jazz Concert”1952
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,754
- Total plays
- 64,218
Tags
Milton Mesirow, better known as Mezz Mezzrow (November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. Mezzrow is well known for organizing and financing historic recording sessions with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet. Mezzrow also recorded a number of times with Bechet and briefly acted as manager for Louis Armstrong. He is equally well remembered, however, for being a colorful character, as clearly portrayed in his autobiography Really The Bl
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Milton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Blue Note
- Image
- Photo Portrait of the American musician Mezz Mezzrow 1959 - Touring Club Italiano 04 2098.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mezz Mezzrow
- date of birth
- 1899-11-09
- date of death
- 1972-08-05
- influenced by
- Sidney Bechet
- birth name
- Milton Mesirow
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