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Louis Armstrong & Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey

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During the 1920's Ma Rainey collaborated with Louis Armstrong on recordings arranged by Clarence Williams

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  1. Louis Armstrong Creative: colleague Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey

Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey

  • b. 1886
  • d. 1939

Ma Rainey was one of the earliest known American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record.

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Louis Armstrong

  • b. Aug 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • d. Jul 6, 1971, New York, New York, USA

The trumpeter and singer is widely credited with starting modern jazz.

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