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EARL HINES

Earl Hines was born on December 28th in the year 1905 in Pittsburgh.His dad played with the Eureka Brass Band. His mom gave him piano lessons and played the oragan. This was the first instrument he learned to play. He had a brother and a sister who played instruments and his aunt was a singer for opera and his uncle played brass. He attended Shenley High School. There he studied music. His family took him to the Liederhouse-a jazz club, where he fell in love with jazz. When he was just 15 he started preforming. He then left school.

In 1922 he started playing with Louis Deppe at the place that inspired him-the Liederhouse. He went to Ohio,Virginia, and New York City. In 1923 he went to Richmond to have his first reccording session. The following year he had his own band. He soon quit and moved to Chicago. In 1928 he recorded 10 piano solos. Here are some of his songs Masters of Jazz Piano Men Earls Pearls

Cities he traveled to Chicago

He died on April 22nd in Oakland California 1938