Milton Mesirow (November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972), better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois...
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marijuana. Mighty Mezz An expertly rolled reefer. Named after Milton Mezz Mezzrow, the saxophonist who played with Louis Armstrong. Mezzrow was a close friend...
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improvising, and rarely strayed into the upper reaches of the register. Mezz Mezzrow recounted in his autobiography driving 53 miles to Hudson Lake, Indiana...
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one and the three. Thus these sessions became known as "jam sessions." Mezz Mezzrow also gives this more detailed and self-referential description, based...
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Wilson or Jelly Roll Morton. He also recorded for the Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet (Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, Fitz Weston, Pops Foster and Marshall). The Rough...
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jazz singer, famous for his 1940s recordings with Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow. He was born in Wallace, Louisiana, United States, and worked at Whitney...
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Benford, Jacques Butler, Benny Carter, Frank Goudie, Coleman Hawkins, Mezz Mezzrow, Bobby Nichols, Joe Turner, and Ray Ventura. Michel Laplace, "André Ekyan"...
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Marsala (1907–1978) Stan McDonald (born 1935) Hal McKusick (1924–2012) Mezz Mezzrow (1899–1972) Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938) Marcus Miller (born 1959)...
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as 1946, in Really the Blues, the autobiography of jazz saxophonist Mezz Mezzrow. The word appears in advertising spots for the 1947 film Miracle on 34th...
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from a script by Cecil Brown about 1930s jazz musician and drug dealer Mezz Mezzrow. Kaufman also stated around this time that he was working on an adaptation...
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