| LC control no. | n 88650475 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blanton, Jimmy, 1918-1942 |
| Variant(s) | Blanton, Jimmie, -1942 Blanton, Jimmy, d. 1942 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19181118 |
| Death date | 19420730 |
| Place of birth | Chattanooga (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Duarte (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | jazz |
| Affiliation | East Tennessee State College Duke Ellington Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Bass guitarists Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Ellington, D. This one's for Blanton [SR] 1988, p1975: container (Jimmy Blanton; d. summer of 1942 at the age of 21) Nash, R. The solo vocabulary of jazz bassist Jimmie Blanton, 1999: p. 5 (b. James H. Blanton Jr., Oct. 5, 1918, Chattanooga, Tenn.) p. 6 (d. July 5, 1942 of tuberculosis, in Calif.; buried in Chattanooga) African American National Biography, accessed December 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Blanton, Jimmy; James Blanton; bassist, jazz musician; born 18 Nov. 1918 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States; attended Tennessee State College (1934-1937); played with the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra and Fate Marable's Mississippi riverboat bands (1937); was asked by Duke Ellington to join the Ellington orchestra (1939); along with tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, contributed to a revitalization of the Ellington orchestra, recording six bass and piano duets with Ellington; played at Minton's Playhouse in Harlem in jam sessions crucial in the development of bop style; regarded as the leading bass player in jazz; died 30 July 1942 in Duarte, California, United States) |
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