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1. Women's Army Corps (WAC) Band, 1944 Women's Army Corps (WAC) Band, 1944 Military bands; Musicians; Women; Big bands; Musical instruments; Wind instruments; Drums; Minorities; Ethnic groups; Women musicians were also drafted during World War II. This all-Black WAC band, formed at an Iowa army post, played at a war bond drive at State and Madison. The band also played jazz at Servicemen's Center...
2. C.L. Cook and his Dreamland Orchestra, 1923 C.L. Cook and his Dreamland Orchestra, 1923 Orchestras; Jazz musicians; Jazz; Performances; Advertisements; Concerts; Minorities; Ethnic groups; Charles "Doc" Cook and his orchestra followed Elgar at Dreamland Ballroom, and headlined there from 1922 to 1927. Keppard was among the big names in jazz who played in Cook's group.
3. Earl "Fatha" Hines, 1934 Earl "Fatha" Hines, 1934 Jazz musicians; Men; Minorities; Born in Pennsylvania, Earl "Fatha" Hines moved to Chicago in 1924. His jazz piano was quickly recognized as among the best in a city then crowded with jazz musicians. By 1928, Hines organized his own big...
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