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Louis Armstrong & Erskine Tate

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Louis Armstrong played with Tate's Vendrome Orchestra during silent films at the Vendrome Theater in Chicago.

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  1. Louis Armstrong Creative: colleague Erskine Tate

Erskine Tate

  • b. 1895
  • d. 1978

Tate was an American jazz violinist and bandleader. He moved to Chicago in 1912 and became leader of the Vendome Orchestra.

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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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