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John Lindsay

1894 – 1950

American jazz musician

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Lived 1894 – 1950 (aged 55). John Lindsay was an American musician.

John "Johnny" Lindsay or John Lindsey (born August 23, 1894 – July 3, 1950) was an American jazz double-bassist and trombonist, active in the New Orleans and Chicago jazz scenes.

Career Lindsay learned both instruments while young and played trombone in a military band and in ensembles late in the 1910s. In New Orleans, he played with John Robichaux and Armand J. Piron's Olympia Orchestra; Lindsay was Piron's trombonist on recordings made in New York City in 1923 and 1924. He was in Dewey Jackson's riverboat band in 1924, then relocated to Chicago, where he played with Willie Hightower, Carroll Dickerson, Lil Hardin, and Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers. Most of his playing in Chicago and subsequently was on bass rather than trombone. Later in his career he toured nationally with Louis Armstrong (1931–32), Richard M. Jones, Jimmie Noone, Punch Miller, Johnny Dodds, Bertha Hill, Georgia White, Harlem Hamfats, and Baby Dodds.

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Who was John Lindsay?

American jazz musician (1894-1950)

When was John Lindsay born?

John Lindsay was born on 23 August 1894 in New Orleans.

When did John Lindsay die?

John Lindsay died on 3 July 1950 in Chicago.

What was John Lindsay's occupation?

John Lindsay was a musician.

What nationality was John Lindsay?

John Lindsay was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Lindsay

· Wikidata: Q1314531

· DBpedia: John Lindsay (musician)

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