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Eubie Blake

real name James Hubert Blake

Baltimore, United States · 1887-02-07 – 1983-02-12

Eubie Blake is credited on 1,868 releases across 565 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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American jazz pianist and composer.
When crediting together with Noble Sissle, as well in writing as in performing, please, use the combined PAN Sissle & Blake.
Born: February 07, 1887 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Blake claimed 1883 as his birth year later in life, but official records, including his Social Security and passport application, give 1887 as the correct year. (Refer to FindaGrave and his Wikipedia bio).
Died: February 12, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA
Inducted in the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1983. Inducted into the New York's American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1995.
In 1996 the album "The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake" (1969) was included by the National Recording Preservation Board in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

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