Mezz Mezzrow

clarinet, saxophones · 1899–1972 · Chicago

Chicago clarinetist who organized and financed the sessions of Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet. Founder of the King Jazz label in the mid-1940s, he settled in Paris, where he died in 1972.

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Styles

• Chicago
• Traditional revival

Landmark tracks

• West End Blues (Mezz Mezzrow) (1953)

Sources

• Source

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