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    Eubie Blake
    Eubie Blake

    American jazz pianist and composer.

    When crediting together with Noble Sissle, as well in writing as in performing, please, use the combined PAN Sissle & Blake.

    Born : February 07, 1887 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Blake claimed 1883 as his birth year later in life, but official records, including his Social Security and passport application, give 1887 as the correct year. (Refer to FindaGrave and his Wikipedia bio).
    Died : February 12, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA

    Inducted in the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1983. Inducted into the New York's American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1995.

    In 1996 the album "The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake" (1969) was included by the National Recording Preservation Board in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

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