Occupation-Musician
Nora Holt (1885–1974)
Nora Holt was an important figure in the history of Black music in Chicago in the 1930s and was a...
Louis Brody (a.k.a. Lewis Brody), 1892-1952)
Louis Brody was a prominent German actor and musician. He was born M’bebe Mpessa in Douala, Cameroon, on February 15, 1892. Little is known about...
Claudio Brindis de Salas (1852-1911)
Internationally acclaimed Afro-Cuban violinist Claudio José Domingo Brindis de Salas y Garrido was born in Havana, Cuba, on August 4, 1852,...
Yusef Abdel Lateef (1920-2013)
For over six decades Dr. Yusef A. Lateef was a major developer in the international improvisational musical field. A saxophone...
William James [“Willie”] Dixon (1915-1992)
Willie Dixon was a pioneering Chicago blues musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, producer, and philanthropist. He was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi,...
Solomon Northup (1808-?)
Solomon Northup was a free Black man who was illegally held in bondage for twelve years before he regained his...
Lucien-Leon Guillaume Lambert (1858-1945)
Lucien-Leon Guillaume Lambert was a pianist, composer, arranger, and music teacher. Born in 1858 in Vernouillet, France, a then-small village...
Joseph Silvestre White (1835–1918)
Composer and violinist Jose Silvestre White was born in Matansas, Cuba in 1835 to Don Carlos White and an Afro-Cuban...
Charles Lucièn Lambert Sr. (1828-1896)
Charles Lucièn Lambert, Sr., also known as Lucièn Lambert, Sr., was an internationally prominent classical musician and composer, and part...
