Jimmy Yancey
Boogie-woogie, Musical Artist
1894 – 1951
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Who was Jimmy Yancey?
James Edwards "Jimmy" Yancey was an African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist. One reviewer noted him as "one of the pioneers of this raucous, rapid-fire, eight-to-the-bar piano style".
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