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Eubie! Is a revue featuring the music of jazz/swing composer Eubie Blake , with lyrics by Noble Sissle , Andy Razaf , Johnny Brandon , F. E. Miller , and Jim Europe . As with most revues, the show features no book, but instead showcases 23 of Eubie Blake's best songs.
James Hubert " Eubie " Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals written and directed by African Americans. [1]
Eubie Blake (born February 7, 1887, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died February 12, 1983, Brooklyn, New York) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime music, popular and vaudeville tunes, and scores for musical theatre—most notably Shuffle Along (1921), his groundbreaking collaboration with singer and lyricist Noble Sissle.
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Dec 13, 2007 · Eubie Blake was born James Hubert Blake in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 7, 1883. He died one hundred years later on February 12, 1983, having become one of the most important figures in early 20th-century African American music and a major contributor to ragtime and early jazz music and culture.
Jul 4, 2016 · We'll hear about the impact of Eubie Blake's work and the obstacles he faced as an African-American composer from theater historian Robert Kimball. He helped rediscover Blake in the late 1960s...
By housing a wealth of exhibits, educational programs, and interactive experiences, the center offers a unique lens into Eubie's life, his transformative influence on American music, and his role as a catalyst for cultural and social changes of his time.
James Hubert “Eubie” Blake (1887-1983) claimed to have been born in 1883, but scholarship is uniform in establishing his birth date four years later. He composed and played the piano in various...
