Eddie South

violin · 1904–1962 · Louisiana (Missouri)

Violinist classically trained in Budapest, Paris and Chicago, who turned to jazz for lack of a place in the classical world. He toured Europe with the Alabamians from 1928 to 1930 and recorded in Paris in 1937 with Grappelli, Django Reinhardt and Michel Warlop.

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Styles

• Chicago
• Swing, big bands

Landmark tracks

• Old Man Harlem (1933)

Sources

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