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Background Music: "Foolin' Around" (David N. Blume, Jerry Paul Keller), from Johnny Varro Swing 7, 1994, Arbors Records, with permission. Johnny Varro -- Roots Musicians who have influenced Johnny's style of music. 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s   Bill Johnson 1872-1972 bass, leader Buddy Bolden 1877-1931 cornet, leader King Oliver 1885-1938 cornet, leader Kid Ory 1886-1973 trombone, leader Jelly Roll Morton 1890-1941 piano, composer James P. Johnson 1891-1955 piano, composer Johnny Dodds 1892-1940 clarinet Bessie Smith 1895-1937 singer Jimmie Noone 1895-1944 clarinet, leader Sidney Bechet 1897-1959 clarinet Willie "The Lion" Smith 1897-1973 piano Lil Hardin-Armstrong 1898-1971 piano, composer, arranger Duke Ellington 1899-1974 piano , leader, composer, arranger Hoagy Carmichael 1899-1981 piano, composer Edmond Hall 1901-1967 clarinet Louis Armstrong 1901-1971 cornet, leader, singer Phil Napoleon 1901-1990 trumpet, leader Bix Beiderbecke 1903-1931 trumpet, composer Earl "Fatha" Hines 1903-1983 piano, composer 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s   Fats Waller 1904-1943 piano, leader, composer Jimmy Dorsey 1904-1957 clarinet, alto sax, leader Count Basie 1904-1984 piano, leade, composer, arranger Jess Stacy 1904-1994 piano Tommy Dorsey 1905-1956 trombone, trumpet, leader Eddie Condon 1905-1973 banjo, leader Joe Sullivan 1906-1971 piano "Wild Bill" Davison 1906-1989 trumpet Cab Calloway 1907-1994 drums, leader, singer John Kirby 1908-1952 bass, leader Art Tatum 1909-1956 piano Johnny Mercer 1909-1976 songwriter Benny Goodman 1909-1986 clarinet, leader Bud Freeman 1909-1991 tenor sax Artie Shaw 1910-2004 clarinet, leader, composer, arranger Teddy Wilson 1912-1986 piano Bob Haggart 1914-1998 bass Bobby Hackett 1915-1976 trumpet Peanuts Hucko 1918-2003 clarinet Ralph Sutton 1922-2001 piano Ruby Braff 1927-2003 trumpet Kenny Davern 1935-2006 clarinet 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

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