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Name: Jimmy Blanton

Born: 5 Oct 1918
Died: 30 Jul 1942
Origin: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Instruments: Bass
  'Jimmy Blanton' (1918 – July 30, 1942) was an American jazz double bassist.

He came to attention in Duke Ellington's band, and was a virtuoso player who in many people's opinions reinvented the double bass.

Blanton died of tuberculosis.

 

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