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Milton Mesirow (November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972), better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. He is remembered for organizing and financing recording sessions with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet .
Jul 11, 2015 · Milton Mesirow, the son of the legendary jazz clarinetist, said he was “honored” to find the club Mezzrow in Greenwich Village named for his father.
Jul 31, 2023 · Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow was a jazz musician/marijuana seller and author (with writer Bernard Wolfe) of a singular autobiography, Really The Blues. The book, set.
Jan 18, 2024 · Born to middle-class Jewish parents in Chicago on November 9, 1899, Milton Mesirow (he called Mezzrow a “pen name”) strayed from the straight and narrow life while still a kid.
Milton Mesirow, November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972, better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was a Harlem jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and “voluntary Negro” from Chicago, Illinois. He is remembered for organizing and financing recording sessions with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet.
Apr 9, 2024 · BLUEBIRD B-10088-BMilton "Mezz" Mezzrow and OrchestraREVOLUTIONARY BLUESMatrix number: 028988-1.Tommy Ladnier, Sidney de Paris, t / Mezz Mezzrow, cl / James ...
MEZZROW, MILTON ( Mesirow, Mezz; 1899–1972), jazz clarinetist. Born in Chicago, Mezzrow became one of the outstanding representatives of the Chicago style.
Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow was born into a middle class (some say impoverished) Jewish immigrant family in Chicago before the turn of the last century and died in 1972. His teen years were marked by brushes with the law and he was in and out of reform schools and prisons, where he first was exposed to jazz and blues.
Aug 18, 2015 · Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow was born into a middle class (some say impoverished) Jewish immigrant family in Chicago before the turn of the last century and died in 1972. His teen years were marked by brushes with the law and he was in and out of reform schools and prisons, where he first was exposed to jazz and blues.
Apr 18, 2022 · Milton Mesirow, better known as Mezz Mezzrow (November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. Mezzrow is well known for organizing and financing historic recording sessions with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet.
