Cuffee, Cuffey, or Coffey is a first name and surname recorded in African-American culture, believed to be derived from the Akan language name Kofi, meaning "born on a Friday". This was noted as one of the most common male names of West African...
Edward Emerson Cuffee (June 7, 1902 – January 3, 1959) was an American jazz trombonist.
McKinney's Cotton Pickers were an American jazz band, founded in Detroit, Michigan, United States in 1926, and led by Bill McKinney, who expanded his Synco Septet to ten players. Cuba Austin took over for McKinney on drums, with the latter becoming...
Paul Cuffe, also known as Paul Cuffee (January 17, 1759 – September 7, 1817) was a Black American and Wampanoag businessman, whaler and abolitionist. Born free into a free people of color family on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, Cuffe became a...
This page indexes the individual year in jazz pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1959.
Floyd Maurice "Stumpy" Brady (August 4, 1910 – February 11, 1998) was an American jazz trombonist. Brady performed and recorded with Zack Whyte’s Chocolate Beau Brummels (1928–29) before touring with Al Sears. He played with Andy Kirk in New York...
The flag of Liberia, occasionally referred to as the Lone Star, bears a close resemblance to the flag of the United States, representing Liberia's founding by free people of color and former slaves from the United States and the Caribbean. They are...
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1902.
A Study in Frustration: The Fletcher Henderson Story is a box set compilation surveying studio recordings of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra from 1923 to 1938, released in 1961 on Columbia Records, CXK 85470. It initially appeared as a four-album...