James Reese Europe

About James Reese Europe

[Wikidata] American jazz musician and United States Army officer (1880-1919)... | [Wikipedia] James Reese Europe was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer. A leading figure in New York City's African-American music scene during the 1910s, he was among the first African-American musicians to achieve mainstream recognition. Eubie Blake called him the "Martin Lut