James 'Jim' Reese Europe
Born: 22nd February 1880, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Died: 9th May 1919, Boston, Massachutts, United States
Nationality: American
James Reese Europe was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer. He was the leading figure on the African-American music scene of New York City in the 1910s. Eubie Blake called him the "Martin Luther King of music".
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